Democrat Party (Chile)
Democrat Party Partido Demócrata | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1887 |
| Dissolved | 1941 |
| Split from | Radical Party |
| Merged into | Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Santiago de Chile |
| Ideology | Social democracy Social liberalism Centrism |
| Political position | Centre-left to Centre-right Historical: Left-wing |
The Democrat Party (Partido Demócrata) of Chile was a Chilean political party created by a left-wing faction of the Radical Party in 1887. It was created to protect the working and middle class, but over the years it became a traditional political movement, with factions of centre-right and centre-left.
Luis Emilio Recabarren was active in the party until 1912, when he founded the Socialist Workers Party (POS), which later changed its name to the Communist Party.
Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Democrat Party.[1]
- 1896: Vicente Reyes (lost)
- 1901: Germán Riesco Errázuriz (won)
- 1906: Zenón Torrealba Ilabaca (lost)
- 1910: Ramón Barros Luco (won)
- 1915: Javier Ángel Figueroa (lost)
- 1920: Arturo Alessandri (won)
- 1925: Emiliano Figueroa (won)
- 1927: none
- 1931: Arturo Alessandri (lost)
- 1932: Arturo Alessandri (won)
- 1938: Gustavo Ross (lost)
References
- ^ Archive of Chilean Elections ("Base de Datos de Elecciones en Chile")