Citizens' Party (Iceland, 1923)

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Citizens' Party
Borgaraflokkurinn
Leader Jón Magnússon
Founded1923 (1923)
DissolvedFebruary 1924 (1924-02)
Split from Independence Party (historical)
Preceded by Home Rule Party
Succeeded by Conservative Party (majority)
Liberal Party (minority)
Ideology Conservatism
Political position Centre-right

The Citizens' Party (Icelandic : Borgaraflokkurinn) was a political party in Iceland.

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.

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p965 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p519 ISBN   0-313-23804-9
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, pp975–977
  4. 1 2 McHale, p520