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Liberal party

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.



Liberal Party

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Bolsonaro's Liberal Party has been advocating for an amnesty for them and for the ex-president ever since.

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In 2021, Ward quit as a state government minister and left the Liberal Party, but refused to leave parliament and was re-elected in 2023.

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Ward resigned as a state government minister and from the Liberal Party when the accusations emerged in 2021, but refused to leave parliament and was re-elected as the member for Kiama in 2023.

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He is from a prominent political family, with links to Colombia's Liberal Party.

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The antagonism helped propel Canada's Liberal Party, led by former central banker, Mark Carney, back into power.

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