The Liberal Party, often known simply as the Liberals, was the name used by a number of political groupings and parties in the Victorian Parliament from...
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1917, the Liberals and National Labor formally merged to form the Nationalist Party. Although the merged party was dominated by former Liberals, Hughes...
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century, free trade remained the one cause which could unite all Liberals. In 1841, the Liberals lost office to the Conservatives under Sir Robert Peel, but...
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favour the New Democratic Party rather than the Liberal Party, a district narrowly won by the Liberals has a higher chance of being flipped by absentee...
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John Sandfield Macdonald (category Liberal Party of Canada MPs)
the Liberal Party. While the Liberals could never be called a Catholic party, the Catholic vote became as important a constituency to the Liberals as the...
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of the Liberal Party – as the Liberals declined as a national force in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, so did the NLC. However, despite the Liberals' national...
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by internal political division between liberals and Catholics. As a Protestant, Leopold was considered liberal and encouraged economic modernisation,...
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between the formidable Liberal machine led by Rutherford and the less organized Conservative Party under R. B. Bennett. The Liberals had the advantage of...
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Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (category Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria)
the breakaway Liberal Unionist Party, formed in 1886 by Joseph Chamberlain, which ultimately merged into the Conservative Party. In 1909, he was famously...
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2024. Liberal Party of Australia – 5619 days. Conservative or Liberal (Pre 1975): 17415 days. Liberal and Country League – 12427 days. Liberal Federation...
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Walden, Ontario (redirect from Victoria Mines, Ontario)
suspended in 1909. The troubled mine was acquired by the Mond Nickel Company in 1913 as Mond abandoned its previous operations at Victoria Mines. Mond...
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Young Liberals. On 21 March 1972, a faction, but closer to a "party within a party" was formed: the New Liberals. On 28 March it was renamed the Liberal Movement...
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Footscray (/ˈfʊtskreɪ/ FUUT-skray) is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Melbourne's Central Business District...
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List of Australia tornadoes (section Pre-1900)
1909 "Furious Storm at Ballarat – several houses demolished, woman crushed to death, several persons injured" p5. The West Australian. 23 August 1909...
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Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher (category Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies)
of Wales, was impressed by his zeal and dedication to the elderly Queen Victoria. A lift was built at Windsor Castle to get the elderly Queen upstairs in...
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History of Canada (redirect from Pre-Confederation history of Canada)
prosperity led to the return of Mackenzie King's Liberals in the 1935 election. In 1935, the Liberals used the slogan "King or Chaos" to win a landslide...
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Richard Casey, Baron Casey (category Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia)
Leader of the Liberal Party, as acting prime minister or Caretaker prime minister, but instead he appointed John McEwen, the leader of Liberals' coalition...
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Division of Bendigo is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions...
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who disappeared mysteriously at sea List of solved missing person cases: pre-2000 List of solved missing person cases: post-2000 List of unsolved deaths...
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Edwardian era (section Liberal Party)
George Liberals extended minimum wages to farm workers. Conservative peers in the House of Lords tried to stop the People's Budget. The Liberals passed...
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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (category Liberal Party (UK) hereditary peers)
misgivings, he led the Lords to reject the People's Budget of 1909. After the Liberals won two elections in 1910 on the pledge to reform the House of...
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Vizier (1908–1909) Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, Grand Vizier (1909) Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Grand Vizier (1909) Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, Grand Vizier (1909–1910) Ibrahim...
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Frankston (/ˈfræŋkstən/ FRANK-stən) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Located 54 km (34 mi) south-east of the Melbourne city centre via the...
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Patty Hajdu (category University of Victoria alumni)
Superior-North for Liberals". tbnewswatch.com. October 19, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2016. "Thunder Bay-Superior North goes Liberal red with Patty Hajdu"...
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as premier since Confederation, of which 12 were Conservatives, 14 were Liberals, and one New Democrat. General "Nova Scotia Premiers". The Nova Scotia...
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Joseph Cook (category Commonwealth Liberal Party members of the Parliament of Australia)
held office as the leader of the Liberal Party, having previously been leader of the Anti-Socialist Party from 1908 to 1909. His victory at the 1913 election...
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Reform Party (New Zealand) (category Political parties established in 1909)
Importantly for conservatives, the Liberals were slowly losing support from small farmers, who had once backed the Liberals due to their promise of land reform...
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Benjamin Disraeli (category Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria)
Toronto Press. OCLC 59238073. Douglas, Roy (2005). Liberals: A History of the Liberal and Liberal Democrat Parties. London and New York: Hambledon and...
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Independent politicians in Australia (section Victoria)
in Victoria, Zali Steggall from Warringah in New South Wales, Kate Chaney from Curtin in Western Australia, Zoe Daniel from Goldstein in Victoria, Dr...
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take aim at BC Liberals". Northern Beat. May 27, 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2023. Zussman, Richard (August 18, 2022). "BC Liberals boot MLA John Rustad...
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