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Liberal Party of Canada

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Also known as: LP, Parti Libéral du Canada
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John Macdonald's office
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Category: History & Society
French:
Parti Libéral du Canada
Date:
1867 - present
Areas Of Involvement:
liberalism
left
Related People:
Justin Trudeau
Wilfrid Laurier
W.L. Mackenzie King
Michael Ignatieff
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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Liberal Party of Canada, centrist Canadian political party, one of the major parties in the country since the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867. The Liberal Party has been the governing party at the federal level for most of the period since the late 1890s, bringing together pragmatic social policy reformers and advocates of free enterprise, the balance between them shifting as leaders and context changed. The Liberal Party traditionally has been described as a “brokerage” party, in recognition of its success in appealing to a range of interests divided by region, language, ethnicity, and social class. The ...(100 of 1458 words)

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