Maurist Party

This article is about the political party during the Spanish Restoration. For the political movement which inspired the party, see Maurism.

Maurist Party Partido Maurista
Leader	Antonio Maura Antonio Goicoechea
Founded	27 October 1913 [1]
Dissolved	1931 (1931)
Split from	Conservative Party
Ideology	Maurism
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The Maurist Party (Spanish : Partido Maurista, PM), also known as the Maurists (Spanish : Mauristas), was a political faction within the Liberal Conservative Party, led by Antonio Maura, which split from the party after Eduardo Dato's appointment as prime minister of Spain on 27 October 1913. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The party lost relevance after Miguel Primo de Rivera's coup d'état in 1923 and Maura's death in 1925, with Antonio Goicoechea being elected as new party leader. ^[4] In early 1931, the Constitutional Centre party was founded by three leading maurists (Goicoechea, César Silió, and Maura's son Gabriel) after negotiations in late 1930 in order to establish a federation of right-wing forces between Catalan regionalists and maurists. ^[5]

Electoral performance

Restoration Cortes

Election	Seats	Leader
1914	22 / 408	Antonio Maura
1916	17 / 409
1918	31 / 409
1919	104 / 409
1920	24 / 409
1923	12 / 409

References

1. Soldevilla 1914, pp. 462–470 & 485–488.
2. Cuenca Toribio, José (2022). "Historia Hispánica. Personajes: Antonio Maura y Montaner". historia-hispanica.rah.es (in Spanish). Royal Academy of History . Retrieved 19 August 2025.
3. Lozano, Carles. "Partido Liberal Conservador (1868-1931)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
4. Soldevilla 1927, pp. 10 & 472–473.
5. Gil Pecharromán 1993, p. 264.

Bibliography

• Soldevilla, Fernando (1914). El Año Político 1913 (in Spanish). Madrid: National Library of Spain . Retrieved 25 August 2025.
• Soldevilla, Fernando (1927). El Año Político 1926 (in Spanish). Madrid: National Library of Spain. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
• González, María Jesús (1987). "Un aspecto de la "revolución desde arriba": maurismo y acción social". Revista de la Facultad de Geografía e Historia. 1. Madrid: National University of Distance Education: 145–161. doi:10.5944/etfv.1.1988.2654.
• Gil Pecharromán, Julio (1993). "Notables en busca de masas: El conservadurismo en la crisis de la Restauración". Espacio, Tiempo y Forma, Serie V, Historia Contemporánea. 6. Madrid: National University of Distance Education: 233–266. doi:10.5944/etfv.6.1993.2855.