Citizens' Party (Iceland, 1923)
The Citizens' Party (Icelandic: Borgaraflokkurinn) was a political party in Iceland.
Citizens' Party Borgaraflokkurinn | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Jón Magnússon |
| Founded | 1923 |
| Dissolved | February 1924 |
| Split from | Independence Party (historical) |
| Preceded by | Home Rule Party |
| Succeeded by | Conservative Party (majority) Liberal Party (minority) |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
History
The party was formed as a loose collective of conservative candidates for the 1923 elections,[1] including former members of the dissolved Home Rule Party, as well as the Independence Party.[2] It won the elections, taking 16 of the 28 seats in the Lower House and 7 of the 14 seats in the Upper House.[3] In February 1924 twenty of the party's MPs founded the Conservative Party, and the party was dissolved in the same year.[4] The three remaining MPs sat under the banner of the Independence Party, before forming the Liberal Party in 1927.[4]
A second Citizens' Party was established in 1987.
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p965 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p519 ISBN 0-313-23804-9
- Nohlen & Stöver, pp975–977
- McHale, p520
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