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Sir Robert Menzies

Posted in 1944

  • The new Liberal Party is formally constituted in AlburyThe Birth of the Liberal Party:

"At Menzies' invitation, state and federal MPs and delegates from 18 other bodies met in Canberra from October 13-16, 1944, for a "unity conference" of non-Labour organisations. The name "Liberal" was adopted, and the new Liberal Party was formally constituted at another conference in Albury on December 14-16."
The Macquarie Book of Events, 1983 p 349.

  • "Robert Menzies founded the Liberal Party to represent what he called 'the forgotten people'- the office workers, shopkeepers and small business owners who supported themselves and their families with what they earned and who did not look to governments for assistance."
    † Parliament@Work web site, © Commonwealth of Australia 2009