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Caledonia Together

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Leader
  
Philippe Germain

European affiliation
  
None

Founded
  
2008 (2008)

Headquarters
  
2 bis, Boulevard Vauban - Centre Ville 98800 Nouméa

Ideology
  
Anti-separatism Liberal conservatism Liberalism Environmentalism

National affiliation
  
Union of Democrats and Independents

Caledonia Together (French: Caledonie Ensemble) is a political party in New Caledonia. The party was established on 14 October 2008 as a split from Future Together led by Philippe Gomès. The party is centrist and opposed to independence.

Future Together, a centrist party founded in 2004 split in 2008. This split started in the 2007 legislative election, when Gomès ran in New Caledonia's 1st constituency despite Didier Leroux being supposed to run. Though both ran, and both polled 14%, they got third and fourth leaving the RPCR candidate Gaël Yanno against the candidate of the nationalist Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLINKS), which Yanno easily defeated. Martin was also defeated running the New Caledonia's 2nd constituency. Poor results in the 2008 local elections, including the capital, Nouméa, precipitated an open split between Gomès on one side and Martin-Leroux on the other. In 2008, Gomès and 12 Future Together Congressmen and women (including Thémereau) formed Caledonia Together.

In the 2014 provincial elections, the party placed first, winning 23.3% of the vote and 13 seats.

References

Caledonia Together Wikipedia