Liberal Party

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Liberal Party is the name of dozens of political parties around the world. It usually designates a party that is ideologically liberal, meaning that they advocate individual rights and civil liberties, and sometimes left wing, meaning that they are egalitarian and believe in the redistribution of wealth from rich to poor. However, there are also some Liberal Parties which subscribe to classical liberalism and therefore support a mostly unregulated free market, or who are actually more conservative in nature than their opponents, or whose views are right wing, libertarian, or difficult to categorise.

Further information: liberal parties

Contents 1 Present-day parties 2 Defunct parties of the name 3 In combination 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Present-day parties

Nation	Party
Åland	Liberals for Åland
Andorra	Liberal Party of Andorra
Aruba	Aruban Liberal Organization
Australia	Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Democratic Party
Austria	Liberal Forum
Bangladesh	Liberal Party Bangladesh
Brazil	Liberal Front Party Liberal Party
Canada	Liberal Party of Canada Provincial parties affiliated with the federal party includes Manitoba Liberal Party, New Brunswick Liberal Association, Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Prince Edward Island Liberal Party, and the Yukon Liberal Party. Autonomous povincial liberal parties with ties to the federal party includes Ontario Liberal Party, and Alberta Liberal Party. Unaffiliated and independent provincial parties includes the British Columbia Liberal Party, Parti libéral du Québec and Saskatchewan Liberal Party.
Colombia	Colombian Liberal Party
Cuba	Cuban Liberal Union
Denmark	Venstre (Denmark), Liberalisterne
Egypt	Liberal Party
Finland	Liberals
Germany	Liberals/Free Democrats
Gibraltar	Liberal Party of Gibraltar
Haiti	Liberal Party
Honduras	Liberal Party of Honduras
Hong Kong	Liberal Party
Iceland	Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi Flokkurinn)
Italy	Italian Liberal Party
Japan	Liberal Democratic Party
Kosovo	Liberal Party of Kosovo
Lithuania	Liberal and Centre Union
Macedonia	Liberal Party of Macedonia
Montenegro	Liberal Party of Montenegro
Morocco	Moroccan Liberal Party
The Netherlands	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Nicaragua	Constitutional Liberal Party
Paraguay	Authentic Radical Liberal Party
Philippines	Liberal Party
Russia	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (in fact, isn't very liberal; more right-wing and nationalistic)
Rwanda	Liberal Party
Serbia	Liberals of Serbia Serbian Liberal Party
Sri Lanka	Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
Sweden	Liberal People's Party Liberala Partiet (minor party, started in 2005)
Switzerland	Liberal Party of Switzerland
Ukraine	Liberal Party
United Kingdom	Liberal Democrats Liberal Party (not the same as the historic Liberal Party, see below)

[edit] Defunct parties of the name

Nation	Party
Argentina	Liberal Party
Armenia	Liberal Party
Australia	Commonwealth Liberal Party
Belgium	Liberal Party Brussels Liberal Party Reformist Liberal Party now merged into Mouvement Réformateur (French-speaking)
Bolivia	Liberal Party
Chile	Liberal Party
Croatia	Liberal Party
Finland	Liberal Party Liberal People's Party
Germany	Liberal Union
Greece	Liberal Party
Isle of Man	Manx Liberal Party
Israel	Liberal Party
Italy	Italian Liberal Party Liberal Party
Japan	Liberal Party
Netherlands	Liberal State Party Liberal Union Liberal Party
New Zealand	Liberal Party Liberal Party (1963) Liberal Party (1992)
Paraguay	Liberal Party
Puerto Rico	Liberal Party
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)	Southern Rhodesia Liberal Party
Serbia	Liberal Party
South Africa	South African Liberal Party, outlawed by the Apartheid regime
Sweden	Liberal Party of Sweden
United Kingdom	Liberal Party, merged into Liberal Democrats
Uruguay	Liberal Party
United States	Liberal Party of New York
United States - Utah Territory	Liberal Party (Utah)

[edit] In combination

The term Liberal is also used in combination with:

• Democratic

Further information: Liberal Democratic Party

• National

Further information: National Liberal Party

• People's

Further information: Liberal People's Party

• Progressive

Further information: Progressive Liberal Party

• Reform

Further information: Liberal Reform Party

• Social

Further information: Social Liberal Party

• Radical

Further information: Radical Liberal Party

[edit] See also

• Freedom Party
• Liberal International
• Radical Party
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal parties

[edit] External links

• Liberals Vs. Conservatives Non-partisan forum for debate.