WebThe Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party.Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political alliance with the Conservative Party in opposition to Irish Home Rule.The two parties formed the ten-year …

WebThe Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is a federal political party in Canada.The party espouses the principles of liberalism, and generally sits at the centre to centre-left of the Canadian political spectrum, with their rival, the Conservative Party, positioned to their right and the New Democratic Party, who at times aligned itself with …

WebThe Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party.It was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Australia Party and has since become the most successful political party in Australia's history.. The Liberal Party is the dominant …

WebIn June 1973 the UUP won a majority of seats in the new Northern Ireland Assembly, but the party was divided on policy.The Sunningdale Agreement, which led to the formation of a power-sharing Executive under Ulster Unionist leader Brian Faulkner, ruptured the party.In the 1973 elections to the Executive the party found itself divided, a division that did not …

WebThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist, loyalist, and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland.It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who led the party for the next 37 years.Currently led by Jeffrey Donaldson, it is the second largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly, and is the fifth-largest party in the House …

WebThe Liberal Republican Party was an American political party that was organized in May 1872 to oppose the reelection of President Ulysses S. Grant and his Radical Republican supporters in the presidential election of 1872.The party emerged in Missouri under the leadership of Senator Carl Schurz and soon attracted other opponents of Grant; Liberal …

WebWithin the wider party the split was not so clear. Liberal Associations which supported Liberal National candidates remained affiliated to the National Liberal Federation, the mainstream body for the official party, until that body was dissolved in 1936; in particular one Liberal National cabinet minister, Walter Runciman elected in 1899, of a wealthy …

WebHistory. The original Liberal Party entered into an alliance with the Social Democratic Party in 1981 and merged with it in 1988 to form what became the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Party, founded in 1859, was descended from the Whigs, Radicals, Irish Independent Party and Peelites, while the SDP was a party created in 1981 by former Labour members, …

WebParty systems model. According to recent scholarship, there have been four party systems in Canada at the federal level since Confederation, each with its own distinctive pattern of social support, patronage relationships, leadership styles, and electoral strategies. Steve Patten identifies four party systems in Canada's political history. The first party system …

WebGeschichte. Die Abspaltung der Liberal Unionist Party über die Frage der irischen Selbstregierung schwächte die Liberalen. Nachdem der konservative Premierminister Arthur Balfour 1905 sein Amt zur Verfügung stellte, kamen die Liberalen unter ihrem Führer Henry Campbell-Bannerman erneut an die Macht. Bei den nachfolgenden Wahlen 1906 konnten …