Liberal Unionist Party
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"Liberal Unionist" redirects here. For the Canadian party, see Liberal-Unionist.
The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political alliance with the Conservative Party in opposition to Irish Home Rule. The two parties formed the ten-year-long coalition Unionist Government 1895–1905 but kept separate political funds and their own party organisations until a complete merger between the Liberal Unionist and the Conservative parties was agreed to in May 1912.[2][3]
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Liberal Unionist Party | |
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Leaders | |
Founded | 1886 (1886) |
Dissolved | 1912 (1912) |
Split from | Liberal Party |
Merged into | Conservative and Unionist Party |
Headquarters | London, England |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre[1] to centre-right |
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