Australian Liberal Party (Victoria)

The Australian Liberal Party, also known as the Progressive Liberals, was an Australian political party that operated in the state of Victoria in the late 1920s.

[1] It believed that the Nationalist Party had abandoned liberal principles.

An urban-based party, it opposed the rural malapportionment that existed in the Victorian Legislative Assembly at the time.

They were both re-elected in 1929 after withstanding strong challenges from the Nationalists.

[3] Forrest died in 1930 and Gray lost his seat in 1932, and the party subsequently faded away.