The Liberal Union was formed by disaffected Nationalists, principally Thomas Ashworth and Charles Merrett, who opposed the leadership of Prime Minister Billy Hughes.
[2] In October 1922, Merrett met with delegates from the Country Party and Australian Legion and agreed to co-operate at the 1922 federal election.
Positions agreed upon by the three parties included "[maintaining] the unity of the British Empire" and "the preservation of a white Australia".
[4] Other candidates for the party included Eleanor Glencross and Henry Gullett, both in Henty, and Merrett who ran in the Senate.
[5] The party disbanded in 1925, after Watt re-joined and Latham joined the Nationalists.