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Democrat Party (Chile)

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Founded
  
1887

Split from
  
Radical Party

Headquarters
  
Santiago de Chile

Dissolved
  
1941

Merged into
  
Democratic Party

Democrat Party (Chile)

Ideology
  
Social democracy Social liberalism Centrism

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 center-right and center-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.

  • 1896: Vicente Reyes (lost)
  • 1901: Germán Riesco (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

    Democrat Party (Chile) Wikipedia
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