The Australian Liberal Party, also known as Progressive Liberals, was a minor political party that operated in the state of

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in the late 1920s. The party was founded early in 1927 in preparation for the state election to be held later that year. It believed that the Nationalist Party had abandoned liberal principles. An urban-based party, it opposed the rural malapportionment that existed in the

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at the time. At the election, the party succeeded in electing two of its candidates,

Frederick Forrest Frederick Edward Forrest MC (9 April 1877 – 20 October 1930) was an Australian soldier and politician. He was born in Rheola, Victoria, to miner Edward James Forrest and Cecelia Hannah Atchison. He worked in Queensland and joined the volunte ...

in Caulfield and

Burnett Gray Alfred Charles Burnett Gray (21 August 1884 – 27 May 1968) was an Australian politician. He was born in Geraldton in Western Australia to merchant Charles Watson Gray and Mary Ann Thomas. He worked as a secretary at Melbourne Children's H ...

in St Kilda. They were both re-elected in

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after withstanding strong challenges from the Nationalists. Forrest died in 1930 and Gray lost his seat in 1932, and the party subsequently faded away.

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