Evolutionist Party
Republican Evolutionist Party Partido Republicano Evolucionista | |
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| Abbreviation | PRE |
| Leader | António José de Almeida |
| Founded | 24 February 1912 |
| Dissolved | 1919 |
| Split from | Portuguese Republican Party |
| Merged into | Republican Liberal Party |
| Ideology | Classical Liberalism[1] Conservative Liberalism[2] |
| Political position | Center-right |
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The Republican Evolutionist Party (Portuguese: Partido Republicano Evolucionista, PRE), commonly known as the Evolutionist Party, was a political party in Portugal led by António José de Almeida.
History
[edit]The party was established on 24 February 1912 as the result of a split in the Portuguese Republican Party that led to the creation of the PRE, the Democratic Party and the Republican Union.[3] It won 26 seats in the House of Representatives and nine seats in the Senate in the 1915 parliamentary elections, emerging as the second-largest faction after the Democratic Party.
The party boycotted the 1918 elections,[4] but returned to run in the 1919 elections, in which it won 38 House seats, regaining its place as the second-largest party.
After Almeida became president in 1919, the party merged with the Republican Union to form the Republican Liberal Party during the same year.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Ernesto Castro Leal (2008), Partidos e Programas O campo partidário republicano português 1910-1926, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
- ^ VIEIRA, Duarte Pedro Cação (2019). A Burguesia às Urnas? - O Voto na 1ª República (As Eleições de 1922) (PDF) (Masters thesis). Lisbon: ISCTE IUL. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1548 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1557
