Young Nationalists Organisation
Around 1929 the party's Robert Menzies, then member of the Victorian Parliament, joined with Wilfrid Kent Hughes to form the Young Nationalists Organisation. Menzies was its first President.
The organisation kept its name when its parent party became part of the UAP. Half the UAP members elected in the 1932 Victorian state election were Young Nationalists, almost trebling their parliamentary representation. In 1932 the Premier, Sir Stanley Argyle, included three of them in his eight-person cabinet, including Menzies as Deputy Premier.
Later, when Menzies founded the Liberal Party of Australia, he invited delegates from the Young Nationalists to attend. The Young Nationalists followed the UAP into the Liberal Party, and Menzies formed the Young Liberals to replace them.
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