Progressive Party (Portugal)
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Progressive Party Portuguese: Partido Progressista | |
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Abbreviation | PP |
Leader | Anselmo José Braamcamp |
Founded | 1876 |
Dissolved | 1910 |
Merger of | Historic Party Reformist Party |
Headquarters | Lisbon |
Ideology | Constitutional monarchism Liberalism Progressivism Republicanism (minority) |
Political position | Centre-left |
Colors | Red |
The Progressive Party (Portuguese: Partido Progressista), along with their opponent the
Ideology
It developed from the Pact of Granja (7 September 1876), which fused the Historic Party and the Reformist Party, which both espoused liberal ideals, and had political opinions counter the Regenerator Party's leader (which included both left-leaning and conservative members), Fontes Pereira de Melo.
At the time, the Progressista and Regenerator parties were sociological and psychological different entities, causing factionalist divisions in society. A good example of this breach occurred in
The Progressistas (as they were referred) began their activities on 17 November 1876.
History
The first Progressive Party government assumed their functions on 1 June 1879, under the Party leader
In the elections of 30 March 1879, under the government of António Serpa there were 33 Progressista deputies, a number that would remain constant in the 23 October 1892 government of Dias Ferreira.
During the 6 March 1887 would form a majority with 113 of 169 seats, a feat that they would repeat, albeit with a reduced plurality in the 20 October 1889 election (retaining 104 deputies). From 20 February 1886 and 14 February 1890, a Progressive Party would govern under the party leadership of José Luciano, which included in his cabinet Veiga Beirão, Barros Gomes, Henrique de Macedo, Ressano Garcia, Emídio Navarro, Mariano de Carvalho, Augusto José da Cunha, Visconde de S. Januário, Eduardo José Coelho and Marino João Franzini.
During the government of Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro (April 1894), the number of Progressive deputies would fall to 11 representatives and for a time the Progressive party would form a liberal alliance with the Republican Party (1894–1895).
Election results
Election | Leader | Seats | +/- | Government |
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1878 | Anselmo José Braamcamp | 22 / 137
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Opposition | |
1879 | 106 / 137
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84 | Government | |
1881 | 6 / 137
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100 | Opposition | |
1884 | 31 / 151
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25 | Opposition | |
1884 | José Luciano de Castro | 113 / 152
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82 | Government |
1889 | 104 / 152
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9 | Government | |
1890 | 33 / 152
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71 | Opposition | |
1890 | 45 / 152
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12 | Opposition | |
1894 | 33 / 152
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12 | Opposition | |
1895 | Boycotted | |||
1897 | 88 / 114
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88 | Government | |
1899 | 91 / 138
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3 | Government | |
1900 | 28 / 138
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63 | Opposition | |
1901 | 41 / 148
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13 | Opposition | |
1904 | 43 / 148
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2 | Opposition | |
1905 | 109 / 148
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66 | Government | |
Apr. 1906 | 19 / 148
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90 | Opposition | |
Aug. 1906 | 45 / 148
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26 | Opposition | |
1908 | 58 / 148
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13 | Opposition | |
1910 | 31 / 155
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27 | Opposition |