Streeter had returned to Australia in 1919 as a war hero after being a surgeon in the Battle of Ypres where he was injured by mustard gas.
Some felt the existing form of democracy, with its emphasis on parties of the "left and right", to be inimical to genuine representation of the people.
In South Australia, the "Liberty League" contested a few seats in federal elections but failed to gain many votes.
At the 1961 federal election, three candidates – William Ward, Albert Lee and Kenneth Whiteman – unsuccessfully stood for the Senate in New South Wales.
A single Social Credit candidate stood in the 1969 federal election in the Sydney seat of Banks, but gained little support.