What is National Party of Australia?
[[File:The National Party logo.svg|thumb|250px]] [[File:WMcWilliams.JPG|right|thumb|110px|[[William McWilliams]], Country Party founder and leader 1920–1921]] [[File:Warren Truss.jpg|thumb|110px|The current leader of the party in Federal Parliament, [[Warren Truss]].]] The '''National Party of Australia''' is the third biggest [[political party]] in Australia. It was first called the '''Country Party''' when it started in [[1920]] and then became the '''National Country Party''' in [[1975]]. In [[1982]] it became the National Party. The National Party represents the interests of people who live in rural areas, that is, not in big cities. It normally joins together with the [[Liberal Party (Australia)|Liberal Party]] to form a coalition government. It has fewer people in Parliament than the Liberal Party. The current leader is [[Warren Truss]]. When the National Party is in a coalition government its leader is usually the Deputy Prime Minister. The Party was quite powerful during the 1940s, 1950's and 1960s. Because it worked closely with the [[United Australia]] and later Liberal Party, three National leaders - [[Earle Page]], [[Arthur Fadden]] and [[John McEwen]] - were Prime Minister for a short time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/page/|title=About - Earle Page (7–26 April 1939) and Ethel Page|first=Parkes|last=corporateName=National Archives of Australia; address=Queen Victoria Terrace|website=primeministers.naa.gov.au|access-date=11 January 2011|archive-date=24 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924221303/http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/page/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/fadden/|title=About - Arthur Fadden (29 August – 7 October 1941) and Ilma Fadden|first=Parkes|last=corporateName=National Archives of Australia; address=Queen Victoria Terrace|website=primeministers.naa.gov.au|access-date=11 January 2011|archive-date=26 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web