The New Liberal Movement (New LM) was a South Australian political party which existed from 1976 to 1977, with one member of parliament.
However the remaining member, Robin Millhouse, argued that the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia was no longer worthy of the descriptor liberal, and instead founded the New LM in May 1976.
[3] Jack Evans, a member of the New LM, went on to serve as a Senator for the Democrats, representing Western Australia.
In his book The Third Man, Australian Democrats leader Don Chipp recalls attending a March 1977 meeting convened by John Siddons and attended by other Australia Party executives and Robin Millhouse, the South Australian MP whom I had admired for many years, and his executive colleagues from the New Liberal Movement were also present.
The two parties had already held several meetings over the years to attempt an amalgamation, as their political philosophies were both essentially 'middle of the road'.