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Liberal Reform Party (Australia)

Australian political party

Field	Value
colorcode
name	Liberal Reform Party
leader	Charles Lee
Joseph Carruthers
Charles Wade
foundation
dissolution
headquarters	Sydney
ideology	Temperance
Liberal conservatism
Anti-socialism
position	Centre-right
national	Free Trade Party (1901–1906)
Anti-Socialist Party (1906–1909)
Fusion Liberal Party (1909–1917)
predecessor	Free Trade Party (NSW)
merged	Nationalist Party
state	New South Wales

Joseph Carruthers Charles Wade Liberal conservatism Anti-socialism Anti-Socialist Party (1906–1909) Fusion Liberal Party (1909–1917)

The Liberal Reform Party was an Australian political party, active in New South Wales state politics between 1901 and 1916. It drew much of its support from Protestant and Temperance groups.

History

The question of tariff policy which, had created and divided the Free Trade Party and Protectionist Party in New South Wales in the 1890s, became a federal issue at the time of federation. Deprived of their main ideological difference, the two parties were recreated as the Liberal Reform Party, aligned with the federal Free Trade Party, and the Progressive Party, aligned with the federal Protectionist Party. The Progressive Party's vote collapsed at the 1904 election and many of its members then joined the Liberal Reform Party. By 1907, the Liberal Reform Party was left as the main centre-right party in New South Wales.

In 1916, the Liberal Reform Party formed a coalition with the pro-conscription elements of the state Labor Party under Premier William Holman. In 1917, Liberal Reform merged with the pro-conscription elements of Labor to form the New South Wales branch of the Nationalist Party of Australia. As was the case with the federal Nationalists, the new party was dominated by former Liberal Reformers, but Holman was the merged party's leader.

Leaders

#	Leader	Term start
1	[[File:CharlesAlfredLee.jpg	60px]]
2	[[File:J.H. Carruthers (1898).jpg	60px]]
3	[[File:Wade Charles.gif	60px]]

State election results

Seats won	±	Total votes	%	Position
8	65,420	33.55%	Opposition	Charles Lee
8	176,796	44.58%	Minority government	Joseph Carruthers
0	210,456	45.91%	Minority government	Joseph Carruthers
8	246,360	43.03%	Opposition	Charles Wade
1	298,899	44.70%	Opposition	Charles Wade

References

[http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au//prod/web/common.nsf/key/ResourcesFactspolparty Facts and Figures – Political Parties of NSW (Overview)] {{webarchive. link. (10 March 2010)
"1901 to 1918 – The Early Federal Period and the First World War". Parliament.nsw.gov.au.

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