Commonwealth Liberal Party

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defunct political party political party

The Commonwealth Liberal Party was an early 20th-century Australian political party that united non-Labor forces and helped lay the foundations for modern Australian liberal-conservative politics.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Commonwealth Liberal Party canonical	4
Liberal Party (New South Wales, early 20th century)	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct political party ⓘ political party ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
foundedBy	Alfred Deakin ⓘ Joseph Cook ⓘ
hasPoliticalTradition	non-Labor ⓘ
helpedLayFoundationsFor	modern Australian liberal-conservative politics ⓘ
historicalRole	key ancestor of later Australian centre-right parties ⓘ
historicalSignificance	consolidated anti-Labor forces into a single federal party ⓘ contributed to the evolution of the Australian party system ⓘ
ideology	conservatism ⓘ liberalism ⓘ
influenced	Nationalist Party of Australia ⓘ
legislativeFocus	defence policy ⓘ economic development ⓘ tariff and trade policy ⓘ
operatedIn	early 20th-century Australia ⓘ
opposedTo	Australian Labor Party ⓘ
politicalPosition	centre-right ⓘ
positionInSystem	major non-Labor party at the federal level ⓘ
precededBy	Anti-Socialist Party ⓘ Protectionist Party ⓘ
purpose	to unite non-Labor political forces at the federal level in Australia ⓘ
representedInterest	business interests ⓘ middle-class voters ⓘ rural and regional interests ⓘ
supportedPolicy	White Australia policy ⓘ fiscal orthodoxy ⓘ imperial loyalty to the British Empire ⓘ opposition to socialism ⓘ tariff protection for industry ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liberal Party of Australia → hasIdeologicalPrecursor → Commonwealth Liberal Party ⓘ

William Fleming → memberOfPoliticalParty → Commonwealth Liberal Party ⓘ

subject surface form: William Fleming (Australian politician)

Nationalist Party of Australia → precededBy → Commonwealth Liberal Party ⓘ

Robert Best → memberOfPoliticalParty → Commonwealth Liberal Party ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert Henry Best (Australian politician)

George Fuller (politician) → memberOfPoliticalParty → Commonwealth Liberal Party ⓘ

subject surface form: George Fuller

this entity surface form: Liberal Party (New South Wales, early 20th century)