Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: Independent Liberal is a description allowed in politics to denote party affiliation. It is used to designate a politician as a liberal, yet independent of the official Liberal Party of a country. Those parties were the Liberal Party of Canada, or the Liberal Party of the United Kingdom, or the New Zealand Liberal Party., New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces (together with Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia) and is the only constitutionally bilingual (EnglishFrench) province. Fredericton is the capital, Moncton is the largest metropolitan (CMA) area and Saint John is the most populous city. In the 2011 nationwide census, Statistics Canada estimated the provincial population to have been 751,171, being on an area of almost 73,000 km. The majority of the population is English-speaking, but there is also a large Francophone minority (33%), chiefly of Acadian origin. The current premier of the province is Brian Gallant. It was created as a result of the partitioning of the British colony of Nova Scotia in 1784. The provincial flag features a ship superimposed on a yellow background with a yellow "lion passant guardant" on red pennon above it., John Pickard ( April 27 , 1824 -- December 17 , 1883 ) was a New Brunswick businessman and political figure . He represented York in the Canadian House of Commons as an Independent Liberal from 1868 to 1883 . He was born in Douglas , New Brunswick in 1824 and began work with his father there . He later established himself as a merchant in Fredericton and a lumber merchant in York County . In partnership with Thomas Temple , he owned and operated a sawmill at Fredericton . He helped found the People 's Bank of New Brunswick in 1864 and a director of the New Brunswick Railway . In 1865 , he ran against Charles Fisher in York as an opponent of Confederation and was defeated . He was elected to represent York in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in an 1867 by - election after Fisher ran for a seat in the House of Commons . When Fisher was appointed judge , Pickard was elected to the federal parliament in an 1868 by - election . He supported Alexander Mackenzie during Mackenzie 's term as prime minister . He died in Fredericton in 1883 ., The Liberal Party of Canada, colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism, and generally sits at the centre of the Canadian political spectrum. The Liberal Party is traditionally positioned to the left of the Conservative Party of Canada and to the right of the New Democratic Party (NDP)., The New Zealand Liberal Party was the first real political party in New Zealand. It governed from 1891 until 1912. The Liberal strategy was to create a large class of small land-owning farmers who supported Liberal ideals, by buying large tracts of Maori land and selling it to small farmers on credit. The First Liberal government also established the basis of the later welfare state, with old age pensions, developed a system for settling industrial disputes, which was accepted by both employers and trade unions. In 1893 it extended voting rights to women, making New Zealand the first country in the world to enact universal female suffrage., Subject: john pickard , Relation: member_of_political_party, Options: (A) conservative party (B) independent (C) independent liberal (D) liberal party (E) liberal party of canada (F) new democratic party (G) red (H) the left (I) the right
Output (English): liberal party of canada