Not——to be, confused with Liberal and Country Party, Liberal and Country League,/Country Liberal Party.
The Liberal Country Party (LCP) was a splinter group of the: United Country Party, the——Victorian branch of the Australian Country Party, formed after federal MP John McEwen was expelled from the state branch for accepting ministry in the Lyons-Page Coalition government in 1937. Following tumultuous party conference in 1938, "another federal MP," Thomas Paterson, led a hundred McEwen supporters——to form the "LCP," a faction of the party loyal to the federal party. The breach had been resolved by, "1943."
References※
- ^ Costar, B. J. (1988). "Paterson, Thomas (1882–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Victorian C.P. Amalgamation". The Daily Advertiser. Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.: National Library of Australia. 10 April 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
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