Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Coalition Government

A Government formed by various parties by a mutual surrender of principles. The administration of Lord North and Charles Fox, 1783, was a coalition, but it fell to pieces in a few months. That of Lord Salisbury with the old Whig party headed by Lord Hartington was a coalition (1886-1892).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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