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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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When Carney ran for prime minister, his Liberal party had been in power for 10 years and he faced a 25-point deficit in the polls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

"Carney has built a big tent, attracting members of parliament who would not normally be associated with the Liberal party," Sevi told the BBC.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

Peter Dutton, the Liberal party leader, also lost his own seat of Dickson, which he had held for the past 24 years.

From BBC ● May 4, 2025

But without a clear frontrunner, the Liberal party will have to try to regroup in the coming days - as well as develop a new strategy to win back the voters they lost.

From BBC ● May 4, 2025

He remained, unlike many peers of Mr. Gladstone's creation, faithful to the Liberal party, at that time, and for so many years afterwards, led by his step-father, Lord Granville.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

In the Senate, the Liberal Party, led by the Bolsonaros, jumped from 15 seats to 28.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Carney's Liberal Party secured three seats, taking the district of Chicoutimi—Le Fjord in French-speaking Quebec from the opposition Conservatives, and two other districts in Ontario and British Columbia that were previously held by the Liberals.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Liberal Party Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price said Kumanjayi Little Baby was a relative of hers, and broke down in Parliament, pleading for an "honest conversation" about the failures of child protection.

From BBC ● May 15, 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

One was delivered by Harold Hanson and the other by the author Alan Paton, who was also national president of the Liberal Party.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela