Independent Liberal is a description allowed in Canadian politics to denote party affiliation. It is used to designate a politician as a liberal, yet independent of the Liberal Party of Canada, or in the case of a provincial legislature, a provincial Liberal party. It was also a description formerly used in British politics until the demise of the British Liberal Party.
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... Canadian federal election, 1925 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Paul Mercier 11,829 Liberal Protectionist Léopold Doyon 2,839 Canadian federal election, 1926 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Paul Mercier 9,995 ... federal election, 1962 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Hilarion-Pit Lessard 13,323 Progressive Conservative J.-Hormisdas Delisle 9,013 New Democratic Armand Arsenault 2,200 Social Credit Édo ... Champlin 295 Communist Claire Durand 189 Independent Patricia Métivier 143 Marxist–Leninist Auguste Arnold 104 Union populaire Serge Rainville 84 Canadian federal election, 1980 Party Candidate Votes Liberal ...
... Independent Liberal is a description allowed in British politics to denote party affiliation ... It is used to designate a politician is liberal, yet independent of any political party, particularly of the Liberal Party prior to its 1988 transformation in the Liberal Democrats This ...
... of Manitoba from 1941 to 1957, alternately as an independent and as a Liberal-Progressive ... governed by a coalition ministry representing all of the major parties, and some independents ... Solomon contested the Liberal-Progressive nomination, but lost it to Herbert Wright and entered the contest as a pro-coalition Independent Liberal ...
... He ran for the Provincial Parliament in the 1905 election as the Alberta Liberal Party candidate, but was defeated by Henry William McKenney, who was running as an independent ... He was elected this time, defeating Gariépy (who was running as an independent Liberal after refusing to contest the Liberal nomination on the grounds that it was rigged ... leader represent the riding for the United Farmers of Alberta and Liberals) ...
Famous quotes containing the words liberal and/or independent:
“Since he hath got the jewel that I loved,
And that which you did swear to keep for me,
I will become as liberal as you,
I’ll not deny him anything I have,
No, not my body nor my husband’s bed.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)