Protection of Craftia Party

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Protection of Craftia Party克拉夫地亚保护党 Kèlāfūdìyà Bǎohù Dǎng Partai Perlindungan Kraftia 	Protection of Craftia Party克拉夫地亚保护党 Kèlāfūdìyà Bǎohù Dǎng Partai Perlindungan Kraftia
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Leaders 	Percy RaymondGary SmithJohn AndersonBartholomew RileyOwen GoldEdwin StevensonChristopher PayneAlex McCain
Founded 	21 March 1947
Dissolved 	13 October 1996
Merged into 	Craftian Conservative Party
Ideology 	Social conservatismRight-wing populismProtectionismCraftian nationalism
Political position 	Right-wing
In government (federal) 	1947–19511959–19631990
Colour 	Orange
The Protection of Craftia Party (PCP, known as the Protection Party or simply Protection) was a right-wing conservative political party that existed in Craftia during the latter half of the 20th century.
The Protection Party was the Province of Craftia's first organised major right-wing party, formed as a result of the inability of the Free Trade Party and Country Party of Craftia to defeat the dominant National Labour Party in the 1945 election. It was formed in 1947 by a combination of socially conservative Labour Party dissidents who disapproved of their party's emphasis on democratic socialism and perceived radicalism, and anti-socialist farmers and graziers. Its ideology was described as right-wing populist, strongly protectionist and socially conservative. It was the only party to campaign against the abolition of the White Craftia Policy during its dismantlement.
During its existence, the Protection Party only formed a majority government twice (1947–1951 and 1959–1963), and the formation of the liberal conservative National Party of Craftia caused it to steadily lose support through its later years. By the late 1960s, the Nationals had largely replaced Protection as the National Labour Party's main right-of-centre rival. However, as Labour's popularity waned after the mid-1970s, Protection became the main opposition force against the increasingly centrist National Party. The party's support peaked for the last time at the 1989 election, where longtime leader Edwin Stevenson was able to form a minority government with the reluctant parliamentary support of the Nationals. However, the rapid rise of the Craftian Conservative Party from 1990 ultimately caused the Protection of Craftia Party's demise, losing parliamentary representation at the 1992 election and being dissolved in 1996.
==Federal party leaders==
No.	Name 	Term 	Term 	Time in office 	Term as Premier/Prime Minister
No.	Name 	Term began 	Term ended 	Time in office 	Term as Premier/Prime Minister
1 	Percy Raymond 	21 March 1947 	9 June 1951 	4 years, 2 months, 20 days (1542 days) 	1947–1951
2 	Gary Smith 	10 June 1951 	17 December 1951 	6 months, 8 days (191 days) 	
3 	John Anderson 	18 December 1951 	1 April 1957 	5 years, 3 months, 15 days (1932 days) 	
(2)	Gary Smith 	2 April 1957 	1 December 1963 	6 years, 8 months (2435 days) 	1959–1963
4 	Bartholomew Riley	2 December 1963 	20 July 1966 	2 years, 7 months, 19 days (962 days) 	
5 	Owen Gold 	21 July 1966 	13 January 1970 	3 years, 5 months, 24 days (1273 days) 	
6 	Edwin Stevenson 	14 January 1970 	8 April 1980 	10 years, 2 months, 26 days (3738 days)	
(4)	Bartholomew Riley	9 April 1980 	14 July 1981 	1 year, 3 months, 6 days (462 days) 	
(6)	Edwin Stevenson 	15 July 1981 	30 December 1990 	9 years, 5 months, 16 days (3456 days) 	1990
7 	Christopher Payne	31 December 1990 	25 September 1995	4 years, 8 months, 26 days (1730 days) 	
8 	Alex McCain 	26 September 1995	13 October 1996 	1 year, 18 days (384 days) 	
==Federal election results==
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Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	% 	% 	Swing 	Position	Government 	Leader
1947 	/ 	31	81,308 	47.70%	 	47.70%	1st 	Minoritygovernment 	Percy Raymond
1948 	/ 	3 	66,913 	41.23%	 	6.47% 	1st 	Government 	Percy Raymond
1951 	/ 	18	 	24.64%	 	16.59%	3rd 	Coalition(NPC–PCP) 	Percy Raymond
1953 	/ 	8 	15,064 	13.61%	 	11.03%	3rd 	Opposition 	John Anderson
1956 	/ 	5 	17,483 	21.17%	 	7.56% 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	John Anderson
1957 	/ 	0 	21,373 	23.54%	 	2.37% 	3rd 	Opposition 	John Anderson
1959 	/ 	28	26,062 	40.14%	 	16.60%	1st 	Government 	Gary Smith
1962 	/ 	3 	24,175 	42.69%	 	2.55% 	1st 	Government 	Gary Smith
1963 	/ 	41	1,823 	3.22% 	 	39.47%	3rd 	Opposition 	Bart Riley
1966 	/ 	0 	3,634 	5.24% 	 	2.02% 	3rd 	Opposition 	Bart Riley
1968 	/ 	1 	5,814 	6.14% 	 	0.90% 	3rd 	Opposition 	Owen Gold
1971 	/ 	3 	 	13.99%	 	7.85% 	3rd 	Opposition 	Edwin Stevenson
1974 	/ 	6 	 	14.89%	 	0.90% 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Edwin Stevenson
1976 	/ 	7 	87,282 	25.51%	 	10.62%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Edwin Stevenson
1979 	/ 	3 	89,925 	22.46%	 	3.05% 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Edwin Stevenson
1982 	/ 	14	 	13.10%	 	9.36% 	4th 	Opposition 	Edwin Stevenson
1984 	/ 	3 	 	17.48%	 	4.38% 	3rd 	Opposition 	Edwin Stevenson
1986 	/ 	6 	94,446 	23.35%	 	5.87% 	3rd 	Opposition 	Edwin Stevenson
1989 	/ 	8 	159,205 	34.93%	 	11.58%	2nd 	Government(PCP–NPC)	Edwin Stevenson
1992 	/ 	26	5,216 	0.86% 	 	34.17%	5th 	No seats 	Chris Payne
1995 	/ 	1 	756 	0.11% 	 	0.75% 	5th 	No seats 	Chris Payne