The Australian Liberal Party, also known as the Progressive Liberals, was an Australian political party that operated in the state of Victoria in the late 1920s.
Australian Liberal Party | |
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| Founder | Charles Merrett |
| Founded | 25 December 1926 |
| Dissolved | 1932 |
| Preceded by | Liberal Union |
| Victorian Legislative Assembly | 2 / 65 (1927−1930)
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| South Melbourne City Council | 1 / 12 (1926−1932)
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| Brunswick City Council | 1 / 12 (until 1932)
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The party was founded in 1926 in preparation for the 1927 state election.[1] It believed that the Nationalist Party had abandoned liberal principles. An urban-based party, it opposed the rural malapportionment that existed in the Victorian Legislative Assembly at the time.[2] At the election, the party succeeded in electing two of its candidates, Frederick Forrest in Caulfield and Burnett Gray in St Kilda. They were both re-elected in 1929 after withstanding strong challenges from the Nationalists.[3] Forrest died in 1930 and Gray lost his seat in 1932, and the party subsequently faded away.
References
edit- ^ "NEW POLITICAL PARTY". The Age.
- ^ "New Liberal party: its policy outlined". The Age. 25 January 1927.
- ^ "The state elections". The Prahran Telegraph. 6 December 1929.
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