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The Country Party of Australia is an Australian political party that claims to represent the interests of regional Australians whose livelihoods depend either directly or indirectly on agricultural production. The party was founded by two brothers from New South Wales, David and Peter Mailler. Peter Mailler is the current and founding chairman of the Country Party, having stood as lead Australian Senate candidate for Katter's Australian Party in New South Wales at the 2013 Australian election. He is also the former chair of Grain Producers Australia. The Country Party was formed in response to perceived lack of attention to rural issues in the Australian political process, and dissatisfaction with how the National Party represents regional Australians. The party describes itself as non-aligned, rural, and independent. The Country Party's ideology closely resembles that of the Australian Country Alliance, a party based in Victoria. The Australian Country Alliance had considered organizing under the Country Party name, but chose the different name to avoid antagonizing the National Party, which was known as the Country Party from 1920 to 1975. The party proposes to be registered in time to contest the next Australian federal election, due before the end of 2016, but did not contest the 2015 Queensland state election.〔 It endorsed several independent candidates in the 2015 NSW state election. ==New South Wales election, 2015== In February 2015 the party, though still unregistered, announced Ron Pike, a former National Party member, would run as a Country Party candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Council in the 2015 NSW state election. Three other candidates endorsed by the party are standing for the Legislative Assembly, although they will be listed as independents on the ballot paper. David Mailler is contesting the seat of Northern Tablelands,〔McOwan, Johannah (26 January 2015). ("Country Party member to run as Independent in Northern Tablelands" ) – ABC News. Retrieved 26 March 2015.〕 Helen Dalton is standing in the seat of Murray,〔(13 February 2015). ("Country Party moves on Murray" ) – ''The Land'' (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 26 March 2015.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Candidates - Country Party of Australia )〕 and Paul Funnell, a City of Wagga Wagga councillor, is contesting the seat of Wagga Wagga.〔(5 March 2015). ("Independent candidate Paul Funnell apologises for "swearing on a stack of bibles"" ) – ''The Daily Advertiser''. Retrieved 26 March 2015.〕 Pike plus 13 others have formed a group for the Legislative Council, however a group of 15 is required to have a box for voters to vote "above the line". The candidate descriptions do not claim to represent the Country Party of Australia, but three of the candidates in "Group V" (Ron Pike, Pete Mailler, and Julie Pike) nominated the www.yourcountryparty.info website.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NSW Grouped and Ungrouped )〕 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 Party of Australia (2014)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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