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The Liberal Union was a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
in
South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest o ...
resulting from a merger between the
Liberal and Democratic Union The Liberal and Democratic Union (LDU) was a South Australian political party formed by early liberals, as opposed to the conservatives. It was formed in 1906 when liberal party structures were becoming more solid. Its leader, Archibald Peake, ...
(LDU) and the two
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parties, the
Australasian National League The National Defence League (NDL) was an independent conservative political party, founded in 1891 by MLC Richard Baker in South Australia as an immediate response to the perceived threat from Labor. Though renamed the Australasian National Lea ...
(ANL, formerly National Defence League (NDL)) and the
Farmers and Producers Political Union The Farmers and Producers Political Union (FPPU) was an independent conservative agrarian political party founded in South Australia in reaction to Labor, keen to fend off a perceived threat to the FPPU's interests against a rising labour moveme ...
(FPPU) as a response to
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successes culminating in South Australia's first
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at the 1910 election. The Liberal Union was created in 1910 after the LDU, the ANL and the FPPU endorsed a shared "Liberal" slate of candidates at that year's election. The parties readily approved the merger, however, the LDU which salvaged the fewest of their principles from the merger were more hesitant. LDU leader
Archibald Peake Archibald Henry Peake (15 January 1859 – 6 April 1920) was an Australian politician. He was Premier of South Australia on three occasions: from 1909 to 1910 for the Liberal and Democratic Union, and from 1912 to 1915 and 1917 to 1920 for it ...
persuaded a party conference that 'the day of the middle party is passed', and approved the merger by just one vote. The Liberal Union was affiliated to the federal Nationalist Party. Unusually, the Nationalist Party in South Australia was composed of members of two separate parties, the Liberal Union and the National Party, which caused significant tensions when the two parties had a bitter falling out and ran competing slates of candidates at the 1922 federal election. The Liberal Union amalgamated with the National Party to form the
Liberal Federation The Liberal Federation was a South Australian political party from 16 October 1923 to 1932. It came into existence as a merger between the rival Liberal Union and National Party, to oppose Labor. Encouraged by the overwhelming success of the ...
in October 1923.


Parliamentary leaders

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Archibald Peake Archibald Henry Peake (15 January 1859 – 6 April 1920) was an Australian politician. He was Premier of South Australia on three occasions: from 1909 to 1910 for the Liberal and Democratic Union, and from 1912 to 1915 and 1917 to 1920 for it ...
(1910–1920) *
Henry Barwell Sir Henry Newman Barwell KCMG (26 February 187730 September 1959) was the 28th premier of South Australia. Early life Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Barwell was educated at St Peter's College and Adelaide University, graduating in law. A ...
(1920–1923)


See also

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Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1910–1912 This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1910 to 1912, as elected at the 1910 state election: : The three anti-Labor parties, the Liberal and Democratic Union, the Australasian National League and the Farmers ...
* Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1912–1915 *
Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1915–1918 This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1915 to 1918, as elected at the 1915 state election: : Alexandra Liberal MHA Alexander McDonald resigned on 17 May 1915. Liberal candidate Archibald Peake won the resu ...
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Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1918–1921 This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1918 to 1921, as elected at the 1918 state election: : Alexandra Liberal MHA Archibald Peake died on 6 April 1920. Liberal candidate Herbert Hudd won the resulting by- ...
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Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1921–1924 This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1921 to 1924, as elected at the 1921 state election: : The parliamentary wing of the Farmers and Settlers Association had been referred to by a variety of labels prior ...
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Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1910–1912 This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1910 to 1912 It was the third Legislative Council to be fully determined by provisions of the (State) Constitution Act 779 of 1901, which provided for, ''inter alia'', ...
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Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1912–1915 This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislati ...
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Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1915–1918 This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1915 to 1918. : Liberal MLC Arthur Richman Addison died on 29 July 1915. William Morrow was elected unopposed to the vacancy on 16 August. : Liberal MLC Sir John Do ...
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Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1918–1921 This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislati ...
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Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1921–1924 This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1921 to 1924. : The sole remaining member of the National Party in the Legislative Council, Central No. 2 District MLC William Humphrey Harvey, joined the Liberal U ...


References

Defunct liberal political parties Defunct political parties in South Australia Liberal parties in Australia 1910 establishments in Australia Political parties established in 1910 1923 disestablishments in Australia Political parties disestablished in 1923 {{liberalparty-stub