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  1. (official name National Country Party from
  2. 1975) Australian political party representing
  3. the interests of the farmers and people of
  4. the smaller towns; it holds the power balance
  5. between Liberals and Labor. It developed from
  6. about 1860, gained strength after the
  7. introduction of preferential voting (see
  8. vote) 1918, and has been in coalition with
  9. the Liberals from 1949.
  10.