Right-wing and anti-establishment in nature, the league had the backing of a number of prominent businessmen and industrialists.

It primarily operated in Sydney, but also had branches in country New South Wales and absorbed a similar organisation in Victoria.

The league eventually chose to co-operate with the existing Nationalist organisation at the 1931 federal election, helping preselect candidates for the new United Australia Party (UAP).

[3] Five objectives were announced at the official launch of the league, held at Killara on 12 February 1931:[1] According to labour historian Geoffrey Robinson, the league "posed a major challenge to the established conservative parties",[4] but ultimately "failed because Australian conservatives regrouped and moved back towards the centre".

Armitage as a candidate in the 1931 Victorian local elections, receiving 33.66% of the vote in the City of Oakleigh's South Ward.