Liberal Reform Party (Australia)





































Liberal Reform Party
Leader
Charles Lee
Joseph Carruthers
Charles Wade
Founded 1901 (1901)
Dissolved 1916 (1916)
Headquarters Sydney
Ideology
Temperance
Liberal conservatism
Anti-socialism
Political position Centre-right
National affiliation Free Trade Party
  • Politics of New South Wales

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.[1]



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.[2] By 1907, the Liberal Reform Party was left as the main centre-right party in New South Wales.


The party's leaders were: Charles Lee from 1901 to 1902, Sir Joseph Carruthers from 1902 to 1907 and Sir Charles Wade from 1907 to 1916. Carruthers and Wade both served terms as premier.


In 1916, it 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.



State election results

























































Election
 Seats won
 ±
 Total votes
 %
 Position
 Leader

1901

37 / 125
Decrease8
 65,420
 33.55%
 Opposition
Charles Lee

1904

45 / 90
Increase8
 176,796
 44.58%
 Minority government
Joseph Carruthers

1907

45 / 90
Steady0
 210,456
 45.91%
 Minority government
Joseph Carruthers

1910

37 / 90
Decrease8
 246,360
 43.03%
 Opposition
Charles Wade

1913

38 / 90
Increase1
 298,899
 44.70%
 Opposition
Charles Wade


References





  1. ^ Facts and Figures – Political Parties of NSW (Overview) Archived 10 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine.


  2. ^ "1901 to 1918 – The Early Federal Period and the First World War". Parliament.nsw.gov.au. 7 June 2003. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}











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