In Queensland the Australian Labor Party split of 1916 had only a minor impact.
[1][2] Instead Premier T. J. Ryan worked hard to successfully keep the party together in the state with only limited losses.
[3] Adamson joined the federal Nationalist Party but did not initially seek to organise a new state party, instead unsuccessfully standing as an "Independent Democrat" against John Fihelly, one of the strongest anti-conscriptionists at the 1918 state election.
[4] This allied with, but did not join, the National Political Council which sought to combine and co-ordinate anti-Labor activity in the state.
[5] The party contested three seats in Brisbane in the 1920 state election but won none of them.