Founding of the Liberal Party of Australia

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The Founding of the Liberal Party of Australia was the mid-1940s creation of a new center-right political party that unified various non-Labor groups under Robert Menzies’ leadership and went on to dominate Australian federal politics for much of the 20th century.

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Founding of the Liberal Party of Australia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political party founding ⓘ
associatedWith Liberal Party of Australia federal organisation ⓘ
Liberal Party of Australia state divisions ⓘ
context World War II ⓘ
decline of the United Australia Party ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
electoralImpact creation of a major non-Labor party in Australia ⓘ
endDate 1945-08-31 ⓘ
followed collapse of the United Australia Party federal government ⓘ
founder Robert Menzies ⓘ
linked to: Menzies

delegates from non-Labor political groups ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLeader Robert Menzies ⓘ
linked to: Menzies
historicalSignificance established longest-serving Australian federal government under Menzies ⓘ
reshaped Australian party system ⓘ
ideology conservatism ⓘ
liberal conservatism ⓘ
involvedOrganization Australian Country Party ⓘ
Australian Women’s National League ⓘ
Liberal Democratic Party (Australia) ⓘ
United Australia Party ⓘ
keyFigure Robert Menzies ⓘ
linked to: Menzies
ledTo Robert Menzies becoming Prime Minister in 1949 ⓘ
dominance of the Liberal–Country coalition in Australian federal politics ⓘ
location Canberra ⓘ
Melbourne ⓘ
Sydney ⓘ
numberOfDelegates 80 ⓘ
opposedTo Australian Labor Party federal governments ⓘ
partOf history of Australian federal politics ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-right ⓘ
precededBy formation of the National Council of the United Australia Party ⓘ
purpose create a new national centre-right party ⓘ
unify non-Labor political forces in Australia ⓘ
relatedDocument We Believe statement of the Liberal Party of Australia ⓘ
relatedTo Australian Labor Party ⓘ
resultedIn Liberal Party of Australia ⓘ
significantEvent Canberra Conference 1944 ⓘ
Melbourne Conference 1945 ⓘ
Sydney Conference 1944 ⓘ
sloganAtFounding We believe in the individual ⓘ
startDate 1944-10-13 ⓘ
timePeriod mid-1940s ⓘ
tookPlaceAt Hotel Canberra ⓘ
State conferences in Sydney and Melbourne ⓘ

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Robert Menzies → notableWork → Founding of the Liberal Party of Australia ⓘ
subject linked to: Menzies