The New Country Party was a minor

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in Australia. It emerged from the internal divisions of the

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and

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in 2003 (in a similar fashion to the

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) and was registered by the

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on 9 January 2004. Two Western Australian state

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MPs elected on One Nation tickets,

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and Frank Hough, joined the party and were its only serving MPs until their defeat in the Western Australian state election in 2005. In the leadup to the October 2004 Federal election, there was some suggestion that Queensland independent MP

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would run on the New Country Party ticket. However, he did not do so. The party ran Senate tickets in Western Australia, Queensland and

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, where it got 0.18%, 0.13% and 0.16% of the vote respectively, and obtained 0.08% of the vote nationwide in the lower house. In February 2005, the party contested the Western Australian state election, and gained 0.31% of the upper house vote statewide, and 0.11% of the lower house vote. Both sitting members lost their seats to major party candidates. The NCP contested the

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, but won only 0.05% of the primary vote for the Legislative Council. The party has since been de-registered by the Western Australian Electoral Commission. The party's website no longer appears to exist, but is archived.

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