The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party (CLP) is a conservative political party in Australia founded in 1974, which operates in the Northern Territory. The CLP first fielded candidates at the 1975 federal election, winning one seat in the Senate and the non-voting seat in the House of Representatives. Since 1979, the CLP has been formally affiliated with both the federal Liberal Party of Australia and the National Party of Australia (previously the National Country Party). The Liberal Party, National Party, Liberal National Party of Queensland, and CLP forms the Coalition of Australian centre-right parties, with the CLP alone contesting seats for the Coalition in the Northern Territory. The CLP has full voting rights within the National Party, and observer status with the Liberal Part