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{{About||the Australian party (2016–2019)|Australian Conservatives|the Australian party (1984–1998)|Conservative Party of Australia}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Australian Conservative Party 
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| colorcode = #036391
| abbreviation = ACP
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| founder = {{plainlist|
* [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]] 
* [[Lin Powell]]
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| founded = 8 December 1989 
| registered = 8 December 1989<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240620652 |title=Australian Electoral Commission: Notice of Registration of a Political Party |newspaper=[[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette]] |issue=GN49 |date=20 December 1989 |accessdate=12 January 2023 |page=2894 |via=[[National Library of Australia]] }} </ref>
| dissolved = {{start date and age|1991}}
| split = [[National Party of Australia – Queensland|National]] 
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* [[Conservatism in Australia|Conservatism]]
* [[Agrarianism]]
* [[Economic liberalism]]
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| position = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]
| religion = [[Christianity]] ([[Lutheranism|Lutheran]])
| colours = {{colorbox|#036391|border=silver}} [[Political colour#Blue|Blue]]
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| country = Queensland
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{{Conservatism in Australia}}
The '''Australian Conservative Party''' was founded as a registered political party in 1989, under the leadership of Sir [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]], the [[Premier of Queensland]] from 1968 to 1988.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cyNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n5EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4094,2038808&dq=australian-conservative-party&hl=en "Launched" ''The Age'', 17 December 1989]</ref>   It remained active until 1991 when it was deregistered<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Party_Registration/Deregistered_parties/acp.htm |title=Australian Conservative Party |last= |first= |date= |website=aec.gov.au |publisher=[[Australian Electoral Commission]] |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> by the [[Australian Electoral Commission]] (AEC) when the membership fell below the required 500 members. The party then attempted to reform under the "Australian Conservative Alliance", also known as [[Australia First Party|Australia First]], in 1995.{{Citation needed|date=February 2017}}

After two years since his ousting as Leader of the [[National Party of Australia – Queensland|National Party]], former [[Premier of Queensland|Queensland Premier]], [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen|Sir Joh]], announced the launching of a new [[Conservatism|conservative]] political party, the '''Australian Conservative Party''', in front of one-hundred people in [[Hervey Bay, Queensland|Hervey Bay]], [[Queensland]].<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=10 December 1989 |title=Joh behind conservative party push |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120865564/12968993 |work=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=[[Brisbane]] |access-date=}}</ref> He created the party alongside [[Lin Powell]].<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=11 December 1989 |title=Joh backs 'Democratic, er, Conservative Party' |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120865873/12969029 |work=The Canberra Times |location=Brisbane |access-date=}}</ref>

==See also==
[[Joh for Canberra]]

==References==
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[[Category:Defunct political parties in Australia]]
[[Category:1989 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1989]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1991]]
[[Category:1991 disestablishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Conservative parties in Australia]]


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