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Broder Knudtzon

After a brief visit to his sister in Nantes, he relocated to England, where he came in contact with poet Lord Byron and other leading figures in the national liberal movement.

Combined Scottish Universities by-election, 1945

The seat had become vacant on 6 March 1945 when the National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) George Morrison had resigned by the procedural device of accepting the post of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which is used as a procedural device to enable MPs to resign from the Commons.

Davorin Jenko

During his Viennese stay, he founded the Slovene Choir Society in Vienna, which was sponsored by the national liberal politician Valentin Zarnik.

Kilmarnock by-election, 1933

The parties in the National Government did not contest by-elections when vacancies arose in seats held by other paties in the government, so the Unionist Party and the National Liberals did not field candidates.

William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby

His father was a National Liberal politician who served as Home Secretary under Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden.

Willie Gallacher

Gallacher lost his West Fife seat to Labour at the 1950 General Election coming third behind the National Liberal candidate, but remained in politics and served as President of the CPGB from 1956 to 1963.


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22nd New Zealand Parliament

But with National (Liberal) having 11 seats plus two Liberal-leaning independents and Labour 12, Labour realised their chance to be the official Opposition, "threw their all" into the contest, and became the official Opposition; helped by Ellen Melville standing as Independent Reform.

Charles Kerr

Charles Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot (1874–1968), British National Liberal Member of Parliament 1932–1940, ennobled 1940

James Millar

James Duncan Millar (1871–1932), Scottish barrister and Liberal, later National Liberal, politician

Ludwig Lenel

The grandfather on the mother's side of Ludwig Lenel was the Prussian democrat Friedrich Kapp (1824–1884), who emigrated to the USA, but returned later and became a national-liberal deputy to the German Reichstag and a friend of Bismarck.

National Liberal Federation

The inaugural conference of the National Liberal Federation (NLF) was held in Bingley Hall, Birmingham with the objective of promoting Liberalism, encouraging the formation of new associations and the strengthening and democratising of existing local Liberal parties.

Nichiyō Tōron

The debate is usually held in NHK's Chiyoda Hōsō Kaikan studio in Kioichō in central Tokyo, close to Nagatachō, where the Diet building, the national Liberal Democratic and Democratic party headquarters as well as the prime minister's office (Kantei) and residence (Kōtei) are located.

Oldham Council election, 2000

The national Liberal Democrat leader, Charles Kennedy described the results in Oldham as a "fantastic result, showing the inroads that Liberal Democrats were making into Labour's heartlands".

Pendle Council election, 2008

During the campaign the national Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg visited Pendle to support his party.

Thomas Bramsdon

The Conservative Frank Privett won with a majority of only 7 votes over the National Liberal, but Bramsdon's third-place was only 2.0% of the votes behind the winner.

Walter Runciman

Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford (1870–1949), son of the above, Liberal and later National Liberal MP and government minister

William Edge

Sir William Edge, 1st Baronet (1880–1948), British Liberal, later National Liberal politician and businessman