Conservative Party (Spain)
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Liberal Conservative Party Partido Liberal-Conservador | |
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| Leaders | Antonio Cánovas, Arsenio Martínez-Campos, Francisco Silvela, Antonio Maura, Eduardo Dato, José Sánchez-Guerra |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Dissolved | 1931 |
| Preceded by | Moderate Party, Liberal Union |
| Merged into | Popular Party |
| Ideology | Monarchism Centralization Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
The Liberal Conservative Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal-Conservador, PLC), simply called Conservative Party (Spanish: Partido Conservador, PC), was a Spanish political party founded in 1876 by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo.[1]
History
Foundation
The Conservative tag was for the type of ideas which, when thinking of questions of state, then dominated in Spain. The political formation of Spain by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo at the request of Alfonso XII of Spain, who assumed the crown after the failure of the First Spanish Republic. The Conservative Party brought together a varied group of people, from the supporters of Isabel II of Spain prior to the Republic to the members of other groups he had formed. Its existence was linked to Cánovas himself and on his death in 1897 it was kept going by Francisco Silvela.
In 1885 the party signed the Pact of El Pardo with the Liberal Party of Sagasta, in which the parties agreed to alternate (turno) in power after the death of Alfonso XII of Spain. The pact was guaranteed by the caciquiles networks right across Spain in both parties and was intended to keep out of power radical socialist, anarchist or republican parties that wished to destroy the monarchy.
Leadership of Francisco Silvela
Antonio Maura (1905–13)
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Eduardo Dato (1913–21)
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The final years (1923–31)
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Electoral performance
| Election | Popular vote | Seats | Leader | Outcome | ||
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| Votes | % | # | ||||
| 1876 | #1 | 317 / 391
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Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | PLC majority | ||
| 1879 | #1 | 295 / 392
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PLC majority | |||
| 1881 | #2 | 62 / 392
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PLF majority | |||
| 1884 | #1 | 311 / 393
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PLC majority | |||
| 1886 | #2 | 83 / 395
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PL majority | |||
| 1891 | #1 | 251 / 401
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PLC majority | |||
| 1893 | #2 | 70 / 401
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PL majority | |||
| 1896 | #1 | 272 / 401
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PLC majority | |||
| 1898 | #4 | 9 / 401
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Carlos O'Donnell | PL majority | ||
| 1899 | Conservative Union | 11 / 402
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Francisco Silvela | UC–PLC majority | ||
| 1901 | #2 | 84 / 402
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PL majority | |||
| 1903 | #1 | 219 / 403
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PLC majority | |||
| 1905 | #2 | 107 / 404
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Antonio Maura | PL majority | ||
| 1907 | 1,842,634 | 60.0 | #1 | 249 / 404
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PLC majority | |
| 1910 | 21.9 | #2 | 115 / 404
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PL majority | ||
| 1914 | 1 | 193 / 408
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Eduardo Dato | PLC minority | ||
| 1916 | #2 | 88 / 409
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PL–LD majority | |||
| 1918 | #1 | 98 / 409
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PM–PLC–LD–Lib–IL–LRC national unity | |||
| 1919 | #2 | 94 / 409
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PLC minority | |||
| 1920 | #1 | 174 / 409
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PLC minority | |||
| 1923 | #2 | 93 / 409
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José Sánchez Guerra | LD–Lib–IL–PR coalition | ||
Party leaders
- 1876–97 Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
- 1897–1905 Francisco Silvela
- 1905–13 Antonio Maura
- 1913–21 Eduardo Dato e Iradier
- 1921–23 Vacant
- 1923–30 Vacant (dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera);
- 1930–31 Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel
See also
References
- ^ "Partido Liberal Conservador 1868-1931". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
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