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informed the assembly that Hollway's group had formally become an Opposition party. Hollway told reporters that he had attempted to unify opposition against the Labor Party, but that the Liberal and Country Party had rejected his overtures, leaving him no option but to form a "separate political
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to defeat the Price Control Extension Bill, which would have extended government control of prices a further twelve months from its expiration date of 31 December. The government ignored the ultimatum, and the bill was defeated in the upper house, but Cain came to an agreement with Hollway to
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This article is about the independent party in Victoria between 1954 and 1955. For the Victorian division of the
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In December 1954 Hollway issued an ultimatum to the Cain government, demanding it remove
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entity". He stated that the VLP had been formed to bring "the true principles of
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The party ceased to exist in 1955 when all four members of the party (Hollway,
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Index

Electoral Reform League
Liberal Party of Australia
Victorian Liberal Party
Thomas Hollway
Liberal and Country Party
Premier of Victoria
Victorian division
Liberal Party
Liberal and Country Party
Country Party
John Cain
Speaker
liberalism
price controls
Victorian Legislative Council
Alexander Dennett
John Don
Ray Tovell
1955 state election
"Hollway men in new State party"
The Argus
"HOLLWAY THREAT TO OUST GOVERNMENT"
The Argus
"Prices snub to Hollway"
The Argus
"Victorian Crisis Over"
The Mercury
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