Country and Progressive National Party
Formed in 1925, it combined the state's conservative forces in a single party and held office between 1929 and 1932 under the leadership of Arthur Edward Moore.Following repeated election defeat it split into separate rural and urban wings in 1936.In the 1929 state election the party won power, defeating Labor in a landslide.However, the government floundered amidst the difficulties of the Great Depression, and was swept from power in 1932 by the Labor Party, led by William Forgan Smith.It contested the 1935 state election, but was severely beaten, being reduced to sixteen seats, which left Labor with a massive majority.