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The Rise and Fall of a Political Party: National Liberalism in Wrexham, North Wales, 1936–1968

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2012

David Dutton
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Journal of British Studies , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , July 2008 , pp. 604 - 623
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2 Herbert Samuel, speech to the Lancashire and Cheshire Women's Liberal Council, 4 October 1932, The Times, 5 October 1932.

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18 Edward Hughes to C. P. Williams, 26 April 1929, Glyndŵr MSS, DD/G/2511, Denbighshire Record Office (DRO).

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50 Wrexham Leader, 15 June 1945.

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72 The Welsh Nationalist vote fell by 50 percent when a Liberal candidate returned to the fray at the general election of 1966.

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