There was those who opposed the transformation, who remain the Country Party.
There were those who supported it, who became the National Party.
And there were those, centered around the local leader Hendy Cowan (a decent conservative, one you could reason with), which called itself the National Party of Western Australia.
It was the later group which eventually became dominant.
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Date: 2008-07-14 12:58 pm (UTC)There was those who opposed the transformation, who remain the Country Party.
There were those who supported it, who became the National Party.
And there were those, centered around the local leader Hendy Cowan (a decent conservative, one you could reason with), which called itself the National Party of Western Australia.
It was the later group which eventually became dominant.