Country Liberal Party
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The Country Liberal Party （CLP）, officially the Country Liberals （Northern Territory）, is a liberal conservative political party in Australia founded in 1974, which operates solely in the Northern Territory,
however due to Christmas Island and the Cocos （Keeling） Islands forming part of the Division of Lingiari they also vote for the Country Liberal Party.
The CLP first fielded candidates at the 1975 federal election, winning one seat in the Senate and the non-voting seat in the House of Representatives.
Since 1979, the CLP has been formally affiliated with both the federal Liberal Party of Australia and the National Party of Australia （previously the Country Party and National Country Party）, the two partners in the federal Coalition.
The CLP has full voting rights within the National Party and observer status with the Liberal Party.
Currently, the CLP has one representative in federal parliament, Senator Sam McMahon, who sits with the parliamentary National Party.
The CLP dominated the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from its establishment in 1974 until the 2001 general election, when the CLP lost government winning only 10 of the 25 seats,
and was reduced further to four parliamentary members at the 2005 election.
At the 2008 election it increased its numbers, winning 11 seats.
The CLP returned to office following the 2012 election, winning 16 of 25 seats, and leader Terry Mills became Chief Minister of the Northern Territory.
Less than a year later, Mills was replaced as Chief Minister and CLP leader by Adam Giles at the 2013 CLP leadership ballot...