By 1880 the Conservative government which had initiated the annexation had been replaced by a Liberal administration under Gladstone.

By the 1880s, however, a Liberal administration was in control.

The 1,200 redundancies planned by the previous Liberal administration to balance the books were cancelled, and 1,000 new jobs were created.

He held office in three of the Liberal administrations of William Ewart Gladstone.

This decision followed criticism that the government was spending far more on polls than the previous Liberal administrations.

The two of us together leading this historic, Liberal Democrat-Conservative administration.

The Standard commented upon the fact that lawless outrages of the sort usually occurred under a Liberal administration.

The NDP defeated the incumbent Liberal administration, increasing its share of the 130 seats in the provincial legislature from 19 to 74.

He was a distinguished Liberal statesman and held office in every Liberal administration from 1861 until his death in 1908.

Liberal administrations gave priority to the settlement of border disputes.