Progressive Republicans (France)
Progressive Republicans Républicains progressistes | |
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Republicanism | |
Political position | Centre-right |
Colours | Blue |
The Progressive Republicans (French: Républicains progressistes) were a parliamentary group in France active during the late 19th century during the French Third Republic.
The group was formed in 1889 after a split from the
The Progressive Republicans were later reunited into the Liberal Republican Union (French: Union libérale républicaine).
History
Origins
Until the 1880s, the
In 1887, the parliamentary opposition (
Liberal Republican Union
Liberal Republican Union Union libérale républicaine | |
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Chairman | Republicanism |
Political position | Centre-right |
Colours | Blue |
Staff (1890) 77 |
The Liberal Union claimed the heritage of
The chair committee of the Liberal Union was headed by
Divisions and dissolution
However, the presence of Progressives caused the Republican Concentration to move toward the parliamentary
Two factions developed in the Liberal Republican Union, namely Méline's supporters who were generally anti-Dreyfusard and anti-socialist and Barboux's liberals who supported the government. However, after the fall of Waldeck-Rousseau Cabinet in 1902 the party returned to opposing both socialists and nationalists. With the formation of the first political parties in France in the early 1900s, the Radical-Socialist Party (PRRRS) and the Democratic Republican Alliance (ARD), the Liberal Republican Union tried to create a Progressive Party[11] which would have personified the conservative spirit of the Republic, along with the liberal ARD and the radical PRRRS. Jacques Piou, member of the Rallies, supported the idea of a Tory party in France, born by the fusion of conservative republicans and the Rallies.[12]
Journalist
Prominent members
Electoral results
Presidential elections
Election year | Candidate | No. of first round votes | % of first round vote | No. of second round votes | % of second round vote | Won/Loss |
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1894 | Jean Casimir-Perier | 451 | 53.37% | Won | ||
1895 | Félix Faure | 244 | 31.00% | 430 | 53.75% | Won |
1899 | Émile Loubet | 483 | 59.48% | Won |
Legislative elections
Chamber of Deputies | |||||
Election year | No. of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
No. of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader |
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1893 | 3,187,670 (1st) | 45.30% | 317 / 581
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37
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1898 | 3,262,725 (1st) | 45.30% | 254 / 585
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63
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1902 | 1,808,736 (2nd) | 21.50% | 127 / 589
|
127
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See also
- Opportunist Republicans
- Republican Federation
- Sinistrisme
References
- ^ "L'Association républicaine du Centenaire de 1789". Le Temps. 9–19 February 1888.
- ^ Journal des débats, 7–8 October 1889.
- ^ Sylvie Aprile (2010). La Révolution inachevée 1815-1870. Belin.
- ^ Journal des débats, 16 March 1889.
- ^ Barboux (cf. bibliographie).
- ^ ULR, May 1897.
- ^ Journal des débats, 8 April 1893, p. 4.
- ^ Journal des débats, 5 March 1892.
- ^ L'Union républicaine des cantons de Roubaix, 11 June 1899.
- ^ Le Figaro, 6 July 1899, p. 3.
- ^ Le Figaro, 26 May 1896.
- ^ Journal des débats, 28 January 1893, p. 2.
- ^ Journal des débats, 14 April 1893, p. 2.