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The Coalition is over: Nationals split with the Liberal Party after 80 years • May 20, 2025, 7:14 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))
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Nationals call it quits on decades-long coalition with Liberals • May 20, 2025, 7:14 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))
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Former MLA Robert Mitchell announces bid for P.E.I. Liberal leadership • May 14, 2025, 5:26 AM ET (CBC)

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Also Known As Parti Libéral du Canada • LP
Date 1867 - present
Areas Of Involvement liberalism • left
Related People Justin Trudeau • Wilfrid Laurier • W.L. Mackenzie King • Mark Carney • Michael Ignatieff • Pierre Elliott Trudeau • Stéphane Dion • Paul Martin • René Lévesque • Jean Chrétien • Robert Baldwin • Jean Lesage • Walter Lockhart Gordon • Louis Saint Laurent • John Napier Turner

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