New Liberal Movement
New Liberal Movement | |
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| Leader | Robin Millhouse |
| Founded | 6 May 1976 |
| Dissolved | 1977 |
| Preceded by | Liberal Movement |
| Merged into | Australian Democrats |
| Headquarters | South Australia |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
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| Liberalism in Australia |
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TheNew Liberal Movement (New LM)was aSouth Australianpolitical party which existed from 1976 to 1977, with one member of parliament.
In 1976 theLiberal Movementdissolved and three of its four parliamentary members rejoined theLiberal Party.However the remaining member,Robin Millhouse,argued that the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia was no longer worthy of the descriptorliberal,and instead founded the New LM in May 1976.
Millhouse kept a high profile for the New LM until the party merged with theAustralia Partyto form theAustralian Democratsin 1977, thus causing it to cease to exist.[1]The New LM had had some reservations about merging with the Australia Party, but the resignation of prominent politicianDon Chippfrom the Liberal Party represented an opportunity to expand the reach of the two parties.[2]Chipp had agreed to become leader of the Australia Party only if it merged with the New LM, thus motivating the two parties to do so.[3]Jack Evans,a member of the New LM, went on to serve as aSenatorfor the Democrats, representing Western Australia.[4]
In his bookThe Third Man,Australian Democrats leaderDon Chipprecalls attending a March 1977 meeting convened byJohn Siddonsand attended by
other Australia Party executives and Robin Millhouse, the South Australian MP whom I had admired for many years, and his executive colleagues from the New Liberal Movement were also present. The two parties had already held several meetings over the years to attempt an amalgamation, as their political philosophies were both essentially 'middle of the road'.[5]
References[edit]
- ^Manning, Paddy (19 August 2019).Inside the Greens.Black Inc. p. 30.ISBN9781863959520.
- ^King, Tom (August 2017)."The Rise and Fall of Minor Political Parties in Australia"(PDF).Australian National University.pp. 159–160.Retrieved16 November2021.
- ^King, Tom (August 2017)."The Rise and Fall of Minor Political Parties in Australia"(PDF).Australian National University.p. 161.Retrieved16 November2021.
- ^King, Tom (August 2017)."The Rise and Fall of Minor Political Parties in Australia"(PDF).Australian National University.p. 147.Retrieved16 November2021.
- ^Chipp D and Larkin JDon Chipp: The Third Man,Rigby 1978,ISBN0-7270-0827-7,p 185
