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  Liberal party

  noun

  a political party in Great Britain, formed about 1830 as a fusion of Whigs and Radicals and constituting one of the dominant British parties in the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries.
• Liberal Party
  Liberal Party

  noun

  one of the former major political parties in Britain; in 1988 merged with the Social Democratic Party to form the Social and Liberal Democrats; renamed the Liberal Democrats in 1989

Liberal party

American  

noun

1. a political party in Great Britain, formed about 1830 as a fusion of Whigs and Radicals and constituting one of the dominant British parties in the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries.

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Liberal Party British  

noun

1. one of the former major political parties in Britain; in 1988 merged with the Social Democratic Party to form the Social and Liberal Democrats; renamed the Liberal Democrats in 1989

2. one of the major political parties in Australia, a conservative party, generally opposed to the Labor Party

3. one of the major political parties in Canada, generally representing viewpoints between those of the Progressive Conservative Party and the New Democratic Party

4. any other party supporting liberal policies

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"We're trying, actually, to get rid of screens as much as possible," says Joar Forsell, an education spokesperson for the Liberal party whose leader is Sweden's education minister.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

Carney extended an invitation to the King earlier this year and announced the visit shortly after his Liberal party won Canada's general election in April.

From BBC ● May 26, 2025

Dutton's loss has now set in motion the scramble for a new Liberal party leader.

From BBC ● May 4, 2025

And his Liberal party appointed Jacinta Nampijinpa Price as shadow minister for government efficiency, not too dissimilar to the Doge.

From BBC ● May 1, 2025

It was therefore natural that he should be prominent in the councils of the Liberal party and should become the leader of that organization.

From Guatemala, the country of the future by Pepper, Charles M.

Canada’s national government—led by the Liberal Party since 2015—has long sought to pass legislation aimed at addressing the potential harms children face online, without success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney cemented his hold on power after electoral victories Monday night and defections to his Liberal Party caucus over the past six months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

On April 14, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party attained a majority in Parliament thanks to by-elections and defections from the opposition Conservatives.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

DR's political correspondent, Christine Cordsen, has suggested that the most likely outcome is a center-left government with the Social Democrats, Red-Greens, the Moderates and the Danish Social Liberal Party.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

She was as happy to read the magic books from her Uncle Marcos’s enchanted trunks as she was to contemplate the Liberal Party documents her father kept in his study.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende