What is Manitoba Liberal Party?
The '''Manitoba Liberal Party''' is a political party in [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]]. The party developed in the 1880s from the [[Provincial Rights Party]]. The Liberal party won the [[Manitoba general election, 1915|1915 general elections]] winning 40 seats out of 57 in the [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba|Legislative Assembly]]. This was the largest victory in Manitoba history. However, in the [[Manitoba general election, 1922|1922 general elections]], the Liberals lost power to the [[United Farmers of Manitoba]]. Support for the Liberal party declined in the decades after this election. From 1932 to 1961, the party merged with the [[Progressive Party of Manitoba]] as the [[Liberal-Progressive|Liberal-Progressive Party]]. In 1961 it changed its name back to the Liberal Party. In the [[Manitoba general election, 1981|1981 general elections]], the party failed to win any seats at all for the first time in its history. [[Category:Political parties of Manitoba|Liberal]] {{multistub|politics|Canada}}