Liberal party
Americannoun
noun
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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
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one of the major political parties in Australia, a conservative party, generally opposed to the Labor Party
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one of the major political parties in Canada, generally representing viewpoints between those of the Progressive Conservative Party and the New Democratic Party
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any other party supporting liberal policies
Example Sentences
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The centre-right Liberal Party and the rural-focused Nationals have jointly governed Australia under various guises for most of the past century.
From Barron's
She released a statement on Thursday to mark the national day of mourning, saying "my responsibility as leader of the opposition and leader of the Liberal party is to Australians in mourning".
From BBC
Ley had already been struggling to assert her authority over the Coalition after being elected the Liberal party's first female leader after last year's bruising election defeat.
From BBC
Liberal MP Julian Leeser, who is Jewish, on Tuesday told parliament Bondi represented a "moment of choice" and that "the choice the Liberal Party makes this morning, as we have always done, is to stand with the Jewish community and law-abiding Australians."
From BBC
Lee sponsored him to enter the country and Jones volunteered for Canada's Liberal Party, but money started going missing.
From BBC
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