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The Liberal and Country League (LCL) was the major conservative party in South Australia from 1932 to 1974.〔(Liberal Party of Australia, South Australian Division: SLSA.sa.gov.au )〕 In its 42-year existence, it spent 34 years in government, mainly due to an electoral malapportionment scheme known as the Playmander, introduced by the LCL government in 1936, which saw a change from multi-member to single-member seats in the lower house, a reduction of seats from 46 to 39, and two thirds of seats to be located in rural areas ("the country"). This arrangement was retained even as Adelaide, the state capital, grew to two-thirds of the state's population. The most populous Adelaide-area seats had as much as 5-10 times the number of voters than the least populous rural seats − at the 1968 election the rural seat of Frome had 4,500 formal votes, while the metropolitan seat of Enfield had 42,000 formal votes. Additionally, with a decisive advantage to the LCL, swing voters may have been more likely to vote for the expected status quo LCL government. ==History== Created on 9 June 1932 as the result of a merger between the Liberal Federation and the Country Party, the first of many LCL governments was formed, following the 1933 election under Richard Layton Butler. Traditionally a socially conservative party, the LCL contained three relatively distinct factions whose ideologies often conflicted: * Farmers, graziers and rural property owners. * The Adelaide Establishment of old money families and those fortunate enough, through marriage, to have been accepted by the Establishment. * The urban middle class, who continued to support the party although they had little say in its running. Indeed, it was not until the election of Robin Millhouse in 1955 that someone from this third faction was elected to parliament. Millhouse, often considered during his term as the most progressive member of the LCL, was eventually expelled in 1973 for his continued criticism of the conservative wing of the party, going on to form the splinter Liberal Movement party with state and federal success. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liberal and Country League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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