"'''Liberal Party'''" is the name of some [[political parties]] in a number of countries:
The '''[[British Liberal Party]]''' was powerful from the 1860s to 1920, then declined. It evolved from the Whig Party. Most members merged with [[Social Democratic Party (SDP)]] to form the [[Liberal Democrats]] in 1988.
The '''[[Liberal Party of Australia]]''' is a pro-business conservative party, founded in [[1944]]. There was also an earlier [[Liberal Party (Australia)|Liberal Party]] during the second decade of the [[20th century]].
There is a '''[[Liberal Party]]''' which is a pro-business party in [[Hong Kong]]
In the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Liberal Party]] evolved from the Whig Party. The majority of members went on to merge with the [[Social Democratic Party (SDP)]] to form the [[Liberal Democrats]] in 1988. A minority of members maintained the Liberal Party name and formed a new party because they felt that the Liberal Democrats had lost the ideals of the original party.
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[[Category:Liberalism]]
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