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Liberal Party

Lib·er·al Par·ty


noun 
Definition:
 
1. major Canadian political party: a major Canadian political party at both the national and provincial levels that first came to power nationally in 1873

2. former U.K. political party: one of the main British political parties, which evolved from the Whigs, merged with the Social Democratic Party in 1988, and later became known as the Liberal and Social Democratic Party

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