Liberals generally favoured land reform in the early years, culminating in the Robertson Land Acts.

As he was elected with the help of most delegates of the Free Democratic Party ( FDP / Liberals ) his election was generally understood as a sign of the re-orientation of the FDP with regard to a future coalition with the SPD ( Social-liberal coalition, October 1969-October 1982 ).

In the 199-1930 era, German Catholics generally voted for the Liberal ticket ( rather than the Provincial Rights and Conservative tickets ), seeing Liberals as more willing to protect religious minorities.

Throughout Lastman's political career, he was generally supported by the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals, such as Norman Gardner, Mike Colle, Mike Feldman, Joe Volpe, and David Shiner.

As had happened under his leadership generally, the Liberals in government appeared now to be enacting progressive liberalism, as opposed to traditional, Gladstonian liberalism which was by now in decline.

He briefly brought the Liberals and National Democrats into the cabinet, but soon reverted to the more repressive approach he generally favoured, ordering the arrest of numerous communists in January 1947.

This speech was generally viewed by the Gladstonian Liberals as having a decisive effect on their defeat.

Luís's domestic reign was a tedious and ineffective series of transitional governments called Rotativism formed at various times by the Progressistas ( Liberals ) and the Regeneradores ( Conservatives – the party generally favoured by King Luís, who secured their long term in office after 1881 ).

Lyn McLeod's Liberals were leading in pre-election polls and were expected to benefit from the swing in support away from the NDP, but they began losing support due to several controversial policy reversals and what was generally regarded as an uninspiring campaign.

He generally allied himself with right-wing Liberals critical of their party's support for the Labour minority governments, joining with Sir John Simon in becoming a ' Liberal National ' upon the formation of the National Government in 1931.

With the party now clearly marginalised as the third party on the fringe, with few distinct domestic policies, with a parliamentary party that was primarily a collection of individuals elected as much for themselves as for their party, and with the separate Liberal Nationals offering competition amongst Liberal inclined voters, Sinclair fought to make the Liberals once more a relevant force in British politics, taking up the issues of opposition to the continental dictatorships and working closely with Winston Churchill who was a backbencher at that time and generally shunned by his Conservative Party.

With Bob Rae's NDP government being widely blamed for mishandling the major recession, McLeod's Liberals held a steady lead in the polls for most of the period from 1992 to 1995, and were generally expected to win the 1995 campaign.

In New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Confederation parties became Conservative parties aligned with the federal Liberal-Conservative Party of Sir John A. Macdonald ( generally known simply as Conservatives ), while Anti-Confederation parties became Liberals.

He generally favoured the Liberals for the remainder of his time in parliament ( though continuing to sit as an Independent ), and stood aside in favour of Cameron in 1878.

Verville was elected by defeating a Liberal opponent, however, in subsequent elections the Liberals ran no candidate in Maisonville and threw their support to Verville who would generally support Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals in the Canadian House of Commons.

He was unopposed by the Mackenzie King Liberals and generally voted with the Liberal caucus while having a poor relationship with other Labour MPs in parliament.

Federalists, whether conservative or liberal, generally supported the Liberals with federalist former Union Nationale members joining that party in the 1970s while more nationalist UN members joined the PQ.

These efforts placed him in conflict with the Manitoba Liberals, who generally supported the conscription policies of Robert Borden's Unionist government.

In the 1900-1930 era, German Catholics generally voted for the Liberal ticket ( rather than the Provincial Rights and Conservative tickets ), seeing Liberals as more willing to protect religious minorities.

The Young Liberals are generally more liberal in their views than the mother party, both on social and economic issues.

During the 1950s and 1960s, it was generally regarded as a safe seat for the Liberals.

While it failed, it allowed the Unionists to portray themselves as the party of compromise and the Liberals as stubborn and recalcitrant.

Liberals and conservatives in both parties -- Democratic and Republican -- should divorce themselves and form two independent parties, George H. Reama, nationally known labor-management expert, said here yesterday.

The Liberals now found themselves with 59 members holding the balance of power in a Parliament where Labour was the largest party but lacked an overall majority.

The official Liberals found themselves a tiny minority within a government committed to protectionism.

The more traditional wing of the Unionist Party had no intention of introducing reforms, which led to three years of frustrated fighting within the coalition both between the National Liberals and the Unionists and between factions within the Conservatives themselves.

The Liberals also proved themselves to be inexperienced, both in the legislature and in building a broad-based political movement.

Andrew Coyne suggested that the NDP not only wanted to disassociate themselves from the scandal-ridden Liberals, but also because the Liberals were likely to receive credit for legislation achieved under the Liberal-NDP partnership.

In 1892 the National Liberals had but a majority of one in the diet ; from 1893 they could maintain themselves only with the aid of the Conservatives ; and in 1897 a coalition of Ultramontanes, Socialists, Social Democrats and Radicals ( Freisinnige ) won a majority for the opposition in the chamber.

The Liberals found themselves suddenly returned to power in December 1905 when Arthur Balfour resigned as Prime Minister, prompting Edward VII to invite Campbell-Bannerman to form a minority government as the first Liberal Prime Minister of the 20th century.

However the Unionist politician Lord Milner opposed it, saying in August 1907: " People here – not only Liberals – seem delighted, and to think themselves wonderfully fine fellows for having given South Africa back to the Boers.

As for the ' Liberals ', they were too busy fighting among themselves that even former liberal president, José Francisco Barrundia had joined Rafael Carrera.

Nine Liberals had reversed themselves and saved Sifton's government, though both Cross and Rutherford were among those to vote against it.

However, it was the Liberals rather than the NDP who were able to reposition themselves in the political centre and reap the benefits of this change.

By contrast, the Liberals found themselves increasingly criticized for running a poor campaign and making numerous gaffes.

Nevertheless, as the showdown on Bill C-48, a matter of confidence, loomed in the spring of 2005, the Liberals and NDP, who wanted to continue the Parliament, found themselves matched against the Conservatives and the Bloc, who were registering no confidence.

Known for decades as competent managers with a left-leaning tendency towards building up Ontario social programs ( such as health care and education ), they found themselves losing this ground to the Liberals and their youthful leader, Peterson.

They called themselves " radicals " and were opposed during the war by moderates and conservative factions led by Abraham Lincoln and after the war by self-described " conservatives " ( in the South ) and " Liberals " ( in the North ).

Santa Anna's losses to the Americans created great discontent among his political opponents who coalesced to call themselves the Reform movement or the Liberals.

Tweedie unexpectedly accepted the appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick in 1907, and the Liberals soon found themselves again in a leadership vacuum.

With the Liberals suffering from internal divisions, the NDP were able to present themselves as the only viable alternative.

Supporters of the Borden government ran for parliament as " Unionists ", while some of the Liberals running as government supporters preferred to call themselves " Liberal-Unionist ".

Until the rise of the Australian Labor Party in the 1890s, the Australian colonies did not have formal party systems, although many colonial politicians called themselves Liberals or Conservatives.

To the surprise of nearly everyone, including themselves, UFA took 38 seats in the election, winning a majority government, and sweeping the Liberals out of power after 17 years.