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
one of the major political parties in Australia, a conservative party, generally opposed to the Labor Party
one of the major political parties in Canada, generally representing viewpoints between those of the Progressive Conservative Party and the New Democratic Party
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
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
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
The younger Trudeau went on to defy the odds himself by pulling off a historic win for his Liberal party, taking them from third-place in parliament to a majority mandate in his first federal election.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2024
The social composition of the Whig, or Liberal, party was finally and entirely altered about the period of the first Reform Bill.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
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