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2 days ago · The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia. The party is one of the two major parties in Australian politics, the other being the Australian Labor Party. The Liberal Party was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Australia Party.
May 29, 2024 · Liberal Party of Australia, one of the major Australian political parties. In its current form it was founded in 1944–45 by Robert Gordon Menzies. Main elements of the party platform include support for business, reduction of government expenditure, and strict immigration controls.
3 days ago · The Liberal Party grew out of the Whigs, who had their origins in an aristocratic faction in the reign of Charles II and the early 19th century Radicals. The Whigs were in favour of reducing the power of the Crown and increasing the power of Parliament.
Jun 8, 2024 · Liberalism, the belief in freedom, equality, democracy and human rights, is historically associated with thinkers such as John Locke and Montesquieu, and with constitutionally limiting the power of the monarch, affirming parliamentary supremacy, passing the Bill of Rights and establishing the principle of "consent of the governed".
5 days ago · The Liberal Party has been the governing party at the federal level for most of the period since the late 1890s, bringing together pragmatic social policy reformers and advocates of free enterprise, the balance between them shifting as leaders and context changed.
May 27, 2024 · The Libertarian Party was established in Westminster, Colorado, in 1971 and fielded its first candidate for the presidency in the next year’s elections. In 1980 it achieved its height of success when it was on the ballot in all 50 states, and its presidential candidate, Edward E. Clark, a California lawyer, received 921,199 votes.
2 days ago · The Liberal Party was established in 1859, after overthrowing a Conservative minority government. Its leader and Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone was an influential force in British politics ...
