Liberal Party (Queensland, 1908)

Liberal Party
LeaderWilliam Kidston (1908-1911)
Digby Denham (1911-1915)
Edward Macartney (1915)
James Tolmie (1915-1917)
Founded1908
Dissolved1917
Merger ofConservative Party
Kidstonites
Merged intoNational Party
IdeologyLiberalism (Australian)
Liberal conservatism
Political positionCentre-right

The Liberal Party was a political party in the Australian state of Queensland in the early 20th century. It combined the main non-Labor forces, the Kidstonites of William Kidston and the Conservative Party led by Robert Philp, similar to the federal Commonwealth Liberal Party whose fusion it preceded. The Liberals held government from their formation in 1908 until defeat in 1915 after which they combined with other elements in the state to form the National Party.