New Conservative Group 1967828 223374028 2008-07-03T20:13:57Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Primarysources|date=January 2008}} The '''New Conservative Group''' (also known as the '''New Conservatives''') was a short-lived [[Australia]]n [[political party]] registered in the [[Australian Capital Territory]]. It was founded in November 1991 by [[Robyn Nolan]], a former [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] member of the [[Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]], who had resigned from that party the previous month. Nolan had not long before been told that she would not be given a winnable position on the Liberal ticket for the forthcoming [[Australian Capital Territory legislative election, 1992|1992 election]] after a round of bloodletting caused by Liberal leader [[Trevor Kaine]] reasserting control over the party. Nolan had an interest in continuing in the Assembly, however, and founded the New Conservative Group as an alternative conservative party to enable her to do this. The party subsequently ran a four-person ticket at the [[Australian Capital Territory legislative election, 1992|1992 election]]. Despite Nolan's status as a sitting MP, the party polled badly, finishing ninth overall with only 1.2% of the vote. In the aftermath of the poor election performance, and failure to even hold their only seat in the Assembly, the party disbanded, with Nolan and the other candidates bowing out of politics before the [[Australian Capital Territory legislative election, 1995|1995 election]]. [[Category:Government of the Australian Capital Territory]] [[Category:Defunct political parties in Australia]]