National Alliance (Australia)
The alliance was formed in 1974 as a short-lived arrangement between the Western Australian branches of the Country Party and Democratic Labor Party (DLP), covering the 1974 Western Australian state election and 1974 federal election.At the Western Australian state election, National Alliance won more than 8.5% of the primary vote.[1] Following the 1974 state election, members of the parliamentary Country Party resolved that they would abandon the "National Alliance" branding.[2] Country Party federal MP John Hallett, who lost his seat at the 1974 federal election, stated that "the formation of the National Alliance was the probably the biggest mistake in the history of the Country Party".As at 2018, he is the last member of what is now the National Party to be elected to the Senate from Western Australia.