Regenerator Party

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Regenerator Party
Portuguese: Partido Regenerador
AbbreviationPR
Leader Duke of Saldanha Fontes Pereira de Melo
Founded1851 (1851)
Dissolved1910 (1910)
Headquarters Lisbon
Ideology Constitutional Monarchy
Conservatism
Political position Right-wing
Religion Roman Catholicism
Colors  Blue

The Regenerator Party (Portuguese: Partido Regenerador) was a Portuguese political party. Along with their "rivals" the Progressive Party, they dominated politics in the Kingdom of Portugal in the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century. The Regenerator, Progressist, and other political parties in the late Kingdom of Portugal were all run by friends of the king. [1]

Election results

ElectionLeaderSeats+/-Government
1851 Rodrigo da Fonseca Magalhães
125 / 159
Government
1852
121 / 156
Decrease2.svg4Government
1852
41 / 162
Decrease2.svg80Opposition
1858 Fontes Pereira de Melo
22 / 162
Decrease2.svg19Opposition
1860
162 / 179
Increase2.svg140Government
1861
40 / 177
Decrease2.svg122Opposition
1864
32 / 177
Decrease2.svg8Opposition
1868
13 / 179
Decrease2.svg19Opposition
1869
5 / 107
Decrease2.svg8Opposition
Mar. 1870
14 / 107
Increase2.svg9Opposition
Sep. 1870
12 / 107
Decrease2.svg2Opposition
1871
22 / 107
Increase2.svg10Opposition
1874
78 / 107
Increase2.svg56Government
1878
97 / 137
Increase2.svg19Government
1879
21 / 137
Decrease2.svg76Opposition
1881
122 / 137
Increase2.svg101Government
1884
110 / 151
Decrease2.svg12Government
1887 António de Serpa Pimentel
36 / 152
Decrease2.svg74Opposition
1889
38 / 152
Increase2.svg2Opposition
1890
115 / 152
Increase2.svg77Government
1890
103 / 152
Decrease2.svg12Government
1894
101 / 152
Decrease2.svg2Government
1895
114 / 114
Increase2.svg13Government
1897
23 / 114
Decrease2.svg91Opposition
1899
39 / 138
Increase2.svg16Opposition
1900 Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro
104 / 138
Increase2.svg65Government
1901
100 / 148
Decrease2.svg4Government
1904
100 / 148
Steady2.svg0Government
1905
32 / 148
Decrease2.svg68Opposition
Apr. 1906
104 / 148
Increase2.svg72Government
Aug. 1906
24 / 148
Decrease2.svg80Opposition
1908 Júlio de Vilhena
62 / 148
Increase2.svg38Government
1910 António Teixeira de Sousa
50 / 155
Decrease2.svg12Government

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References

  1. de Oliveira Marques, A.H. (March 1986). História de Portugal Volume III (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Palas Editores. pp. 33, 39, 69, 270.