Southern Rhodesia Liberal Party

Political party in Southern Rhodesia

Southern Rhodesia Liberal Party
Founded	1943
Dissolved	1950s
Merged into	Rhodesian Front
Headquarters	Salisbury
Ideology	Conservatism White minority interests
Political position	Right-wing
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The Southern Rhodesian Liberal Party was a political party in Southern Rhodesia, founded in 1943 by Jacob Smit (1881–1959), the former United Party (UP) Minister of Finance. It is thought that Smit split from the UP largely because Prime Minister Sir Godfrey Martin Huggins had failed to include him in the exclusive Second World War Defence Committee.

In his A History of Rhodesia, Robert Blake writes that Smit's party, "in accordance with the Rhodesian tradition of adopting the most misleading political nomenclature possible, called themselves 'Liberals.'" The party was, in fact, pronouncedly illiberal, and attempted to unite conservative, non-trade union opposition to the UP while opposing government economic regulation and the advancement of Black political interests. The Liberal Party did well in the 1946 general election, winning 12 out of 30 seats in the Southern Rhodesia Legislative Assembly, but in the 1948 general election it won only five seats and its support declined subsequently. It was to become one of the political precursors to the future Rhodesian Front (RF) party.

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References

Blake 1978

Bibliography

Blake, Robert (1978). A History of Rhodesia. New York: Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-48068-8.

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Key people	Nelson Chamisa (MDC–T, CCC) Arthur Mutambara (MDC–M) Abel Muzorewa (UANC) Joshua Nkomo (ZAPU, ZANU–PF) Welshman Ncube (MDC–N) Ndabaningi Sithole (ZANU, ZANU–Ndonga) Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC, MDC–T) Ian Smith (RF)
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