However he left the party leadership when the two parties merged back together in 1923.
The parties merged for the sake of unity, peace, stability and economic development.
In 2005 the parties merged to form the New Centre.
Looking to the good results of the alliance, the two parties merged in a single one in 2012.
In 1926 the two parties merged as the Nationalist Party.
Joseph Cook was made leader until the parties merged.
The ruling party and main opposition merged today at their first national congress, charged with framing a new constitution.
The parties did not merge into one because of the very different positions held by the different exile groups.
The two parties merged on 17 March 2012.
Six weeks after the elections the party merged into the General Zionists.