Tasmanian Liberal League
The Tasmanian Liberal League was a political party in the Australian state of Tasmania. It was founded in 1909 and merged into the Nationalist Party in 1917. During its existence it formed a two-party system in the Parliament of Tasmania with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Although the league was created in the same year as the federal Liberal Party, there were no formal ties between the two. Background Tasmania was the last Australian state to develop formal political parties, both in terms of parliamentary parties and extra-parliamentary organisations. The first statewide political party was the Reform League, founded in 1902. It was soon followed by the Workers' Political League, the forerunner of the current Labor Party. The Reform League was succeeded by the National Association in 1904, which in turn became the Southern Tasmanian Progressive League in 1907. With the exception of the Labor Party, which grew rapidly, the parties were mostly inactive outside of election ye ...
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Elliott Lewis (politician)
Sir Neil Elliott Lewis (27 October 1858 – 22 September 1935),Scott Bennett, ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, MUP, 1986, pp 94-95. Retrieved 2009-09-13 Australian politician, was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions. He was also a member of the Barton ministry, first Australian federal ministry, led by Edmund Barton. Early life Lewis was born in Hobart, son of Neil Lewis, a merchant, and his wife Anne Maria, ''née'' Cox. N. E. Lewis was the grandson of Richard Lewis (government auctioneer) and nephew of David Lewis, colonial treasurer 1878–79. Educated at the Hobart College (Tasmania), Hobart High School, Lewis took the diploma of associate of arts with gold medal, and was awarded a Tasmanian scholarship. Lewis then attended Balliol College, Oxford University graduating Bachelor of Arts, B.A., 1882 and Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin), M.A. & Bachelor of Civil Law, B.C.L. in 1885. He was admitted as a barrister in London ...
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