Liberal Democratic Party (New South Wales) - Merger With Democratic Party

Merger With Democratic Party

The party eventually fused with the Democratic Party in August 1944 and the unified party was briefly known as the United Democratic Party before it became the New South Wales division of the Liberal Party the next year. White remained a disruptive element within the Liberal party and contested the seat of Warringah against the party's endorsed candidate at the 1954 federal election. In his old age, White would claim that he, rather than Menzies, had been the founder of the Liberal Party.