Alliance Party - Definition

The term Alliance Party is used of several political parties throughout the world. Among them are:

• New Zealand - The Alliance - a small left-wing party currently outside Parliament.
• United Kingdom - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland - a minor, nonsectarian party; loosely affiliated to the Liberal Democrats on the British mainland.

Defunct parties:

• Canada - The Canadian Alliance (merged in 2003 with the Progressive Conservative Party to form the Conservative Party of Canada).
• Fiji - The Fijian Alliance - the former ruling party (1966-1987).
• United Kingdom - The SDP-Liberal Alliance, popularly known simply as "The Alliance," a formal electoral alliance comprising the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party, prior to the merger of the two parties as the Liberal Democrats in 1989.