It announced that it had reached the required 500 members in January 2016,[8] and submitted the application for registration on 3 March 2016.

[11] On 2 February 2018, the Australian Electoral Commission issued a notice that it was considering deregistering the party on the grounds that it had ceased to have at least 500 members.

The merged entity subsequently registered and unsuccessfully contested a few Senate seats in the 2019 and 2022 federal elections.

[14] CountryMinded was founded on assertion of the fundamental importance of agriculture as the key sustainable foundation of society.

[17] Three other candidates endorsed by the party stood for the Legislative Assembly, although they were listed as independents on the ballot paper.

Helen Dalton placed second in Murray with 18.48% of votes to Adrian Piccoli (who had been the member for Murrumbidgee before the redistribution).