Liberal Unionist
noun
a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after
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Their votes had contributed four-fifths of the poll of all the Liberal-Unionist members in the city.
Lord Randolph Churchill|Winston Spencer ChurchillCompact or no compact, his claim upon the Liberal-Unionist vote was strong.
Lord Randolph Churchill|Winston Spencer ChurchillThe one important new development concerned the Liberal-Unionist organization.