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The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party (CLP) is an Australian Northern Territory political party〔(NT Country Liberal Party ), ''Current Register of Political Parties'' Australian Electoral Commission, 29 May 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.〕 affiliated with both the National (formerly "Country") and Liberal parties of Australia. The CLP contests seats for the Coalition in the Northern Territory rather than the Liberal or National parties. The CLP dominated the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from its establishment in 1974 until the 2001 Legislative Assembly election, when it 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 seats, and leader Terry Mills became Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. Mills was replaced as CLP leader in March 2013 by Adam Giles, who also became Chief Minister. Giles was the first indigenous Australian to lead a state or territory government in Australia.〔http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-13/terry-mills-dumped-as-nt-leader/4570820〕 After further defections, numbers fell to reduce the CLP government to minority government status in July 2015.〔(Kezia Purick quits Northern Territory Country Liberals party, Government loses one-seat majority: ABC 20 July 2015 )〕〔(Adam Giles would 'love to go to an early election' after Kezia Purick resigns Country Liberals party: ABC 20 July 2015 )〕 The CLP 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 National Party (previously National Country Party) and the Liberal Party. It has full voting rights within the National Party, and observer status with the Liberal Party. Currently, the CLP has two representatives in federal parliament: Nigel Scullion is a Senator and Natasha Griggs holds the Division of Solomon seat in the House of Representatives. Scullion is the Senate leader of the National Party, while Griggs sits with the Liberals in the House. ==Party philosophy== The CLP stands for office in the Northern Territory Assembly and Federal Parliament of Australia and primarily concerns itself with representing Territory interests. It is a regionally based party, that has parliamentary representation in both the Federal Parliament and at the Territory level. It generally competes against the Australian Labor Party (a party founded by democratic socialists, now functioning more as a social democratic party). It is closely affiliated with, but is independent from the Liberal Party of Australia (a mainly urban, pro-private enterprise party comprising anti-socialist conservative as well as more classically liberal membership) and the National Party of Australia (an agrarian conservative rural and regional party).〔http://www.parliament.curriculum.edu.au/parties_countrylib.htm〕 The Party promotes local issues like statehood for the Northern Territory as well as more broadly liberal values like support for individualism and private enterprise, as well as traditional conservative values and progressive political policy.〔 In indigenous policy, the party has committed to improving education and job creation and to reducing a culture of welfare dependency.〔http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/my-people-must-grow-up-alison-anderson/story-fn9hm1pm-1226508746330〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Country Liberal Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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