Editing Protectionist Party (section)

{{Short description|Former political party in Australia}}
{{About|the Australian Protectionist Party of 1887–1909|the current Australian party|Australian Protectionist Party|the Swedish party|Protectionist Party (Sweden)}}
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{{use Australian English |date = August 2016 }}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Protectionist Party
| native_name      = Liberal Protectionist Party
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| colorcode        = {{party color|Protectionist Party}}
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* [[George Dibbs]] (1887–1889)
* {{nowrap|[[Edmund Barton]] (1889–1903)}}
* [[Alfred Deakin]] (1903–1909)
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| founded          = 7 {{start date and age|1887|10}}<ref name=country/><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=8 October 1887 |title=Re-Organisation Of The Protection Party |url= |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] }}</ref>
| dissolved        = {{end date and age|1909|05}}
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| merged           = [[Liberal Party (Australia, 1909)|Liberal]]
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| headquarters     = [[Pitt Street]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]
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* '''1887–1900:'''
* [[Protectionism]]<ref name=kemp>{{cite book |last=Kemp |first=David |author-link=David Kemp (politician) |date=2019 |title=A Democratic Nation: Identity, Freedom and Equality in Australia 1901–1925 |url= |publisher=[[Melbourne University Publishing]] |page= |isbn=978-0522873467 }}</ref><ref name=Teichova>{{cite book |editor-last1=Teichova |editor-first1=Alice |editor-link1=Alice Teichova |editor-last2=Matis |editor-first2=Herbit |date=2003 |title=Nation, State and the Economy in History |url= |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page= |isbn=978-0521792783}}</ref>
* [[Federalism]]<ref name=kemp/>
* [[Liberalism]] ([[Colonial liberalism|Colonial]])<ref name=brett>{{cite book |last=Brett |first=Judith |author-link=Judith Brett |date=2012 |title=Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class: From Alfred Deakin to John Howard |url= |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |page= |isbn=978-0521536349 }}</ref><ref name=country>{{cite book |last=Kemp |first=David |author-link=David Kemp (politician) |date=2019 |title=A Free Country: Australians' Search for Utopia 1861–1901 |url= |publisher=Melbourne University Press |page= |isbn=978-0522873481 }}</ref><ref name=Tiver>{{cite thesis |last=Tiver |first=P. G. |date=July 1973 |title=Political Ideas In The Liberal Party |url= |publisher=[[Australian National University]] }}</ref>
* '''1901–1909:'''
* [[Protectionism]]<ref name=kemp/><ref name=Teichova/>
* [[Reformism]]<ref name=brett/><ref name=Teichova/><ref name=country/>
* [[Federalism]]<ref name=kemp/>
* [[Constitutionalism]]<ref name=kemp/><ref name=Tiver/>
* {{nowrap|[[Liberalism]] ([[Liberalism in Australia|Australian]])<ref name=brett/><ref name=country/><ref name=Tiver/>}}
* [[Social liberalism]] (factions)
* {{nowrap|[[Conservatism in Australia|Liberal conservatism]] (factions)<ref name=brett/>}}
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| position         = [[Centrism|Centre]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Brett |first=Judith |author-link=Judith Brett |date=2019 |title=From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting |url= |publisher= Text Publishing |pages=89–90 |isbn=}}</ref>
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| colours          = {{color box|{{party color|Protectionist Party}}|border=silver}} [[Political colour#Blue|Blue]]
| seats1_title     = [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|31|75|hex={{party color|Protectionist Party}}}}{{small|([[Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1901–1903|1901–1903]])}}
| seats2_title     = [[Australian Senate|Senate]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|11|36|hex={{party color|Protectionist Party}}}}{{small|([[Members of the Australian Senate, 1901–1903|1901–1903]])}}
| seats3_title     = [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|66|137|hex={{party color|Protectionist Party}}}}{{small|([[Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1889–1891|1889–1891]])}}
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| country          = Australia
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{{Liberalism in Australia}}
The '''Protectionist Party''', also known as the '''Protectionist Liberal Party''' or '''Liberal Protectionist Party''', was an [[Politics of Australia|Australian political party]], formally organised from 1887 until 1909, with policies centred on [[protectionism]]. The party advocated protective [[tariff]]s, arguing it would allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and in the rural areas of [[New South Wales]]. Its most prominent leaders were [[Edmund Barton|Sir Edmund Barton]] and [[Alfred Deakin]], who were the first and second [[Prime Minister of Australia|prime ministers of Australia]].