title: Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1956–1967
text: # Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1956–1967
  
  Members of the British Liberal Party's Frontbench Team from 1956 to 1967 (leaderships listed chronologically):
  
  ## Party Spokesmen under Jo Grimond's First Two Parliaments November 1956–October 1964
  
  * Jo Grimond: Party Leader
  * Donald Wade: Chief Whip
  
  ### Changes
  
  * 1958: Mark Bonham Carter becomes Foreign Affairs Spokesman upon election to parliament in March 1958. (Ballot Box to Jury Box: The Life and Times of an English Crown Court Judge). However he lost his seat at the October '59 general election.
  * 1961: Christopher Layton appointed as Economic Spokesman (ref. The Liberal Party and the Economy, 1929–1964)
  * May 1962: Arthur Holt replaces Donald Wade as Chief Whip
  * 1962: Donald Wade appointed as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
  * 1963: Eric Lubbock replaces Arthur Holt as Chief Whip
  
  ## Party Spokesmen under Jo Grimond's First Two Parliaments October 1964–June1966
  
  * Jo Grimond: Party Leader
  * Eric Lubbock: Chief Whip
  * Alasdair Mackenzie: Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Posts and Telecommunications
  * Alec Peterson: Education Spokesman (ref. again Lib Party and Economy)
  
  ### Changes
  
  * March 1965: Upon election to the House, David Steel becomes Chief Spokesman for Work.
  * 1965: Eric Lubbock is noted as being 'Liberal Aviation Spokesman' in documentation from this time.
  
  ## Party Spokesmen under Jo Grimond's Final Parliament March 1966–January 1967
  
  * Jo Grimond: Party Leader
  * Eric Lubbock: Chief Whip
  * Richard Wainwright: Chief Treasury Spokesman
  * James Davidson: Chief Foreign Affairs and Defence Spokesman
  * Alasdair Mackenzie: Chief Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Posts and Telecommunications Spokesman
  * David Steel: Chief Work Spokesman
  
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