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The League of Free Liberals (in Conservative Liberal Political Party and a predecessor of the Liberal Political Party which was also known as the Freedom League. PARTY HISTORY The League of Free Liberals was founded in 1906 as a political club of conservative liberals, who where in favour of a Laissez Faire economic system and opposed to Universal Suffrage . They were the first official organisation of old, free or conservative liberals, who had been elected on individual tickets since the 1870 s. They held a considerable number of seats in the late 1880 s and 1890 s. The conservative liberals were opposed to the progressive politics of liberal politicians like Kappeyne Van De Coppello . After the 1877 elections the first signs of a real conservative tendency were visible. They were led by Gleichman and where therefore called Gleichmannians, as opposed to Kappeynians. In 1885 however all liberals united in the Liberal Union . In 1894 the conflict between the Progressive and conservative tendencies heated over the proposed relaxation of the Census . A group of prominent conservative liberals left the Liberal Union. After the 1894 Election s many conservative liberals were represented in the cabinet, led by the liberal conservative Roëll . The conservative liberals had good relations with the Liberal Union and two political groups cooperated in many electoral districts and some prominent conservative liberals were minister in progressive liberal governments, like De Beaufort, who served as minister of Foreign Affairs in cabinet led by Van Tienhoven ( 1891 - 1894 ). The cabinet Meester also had several liberal conservative ministers. The conservative liberals long opposed the idea of an organized political party. But because they were loosing elections agianst the well organized parties like the Liberal Union and the Anti Revolutionary Party , they felt forced to. Still they were founded in 1906 as club of like minded MPs. Their name was supposed to emphasize this, stating that their MPs were free and that they were a league not a party. In the 1909 Election s the League received a meager four seats and were confined to opposition to a Christian-democratic government. After the 1913 Elections the League formed an alliance with the Liberal Union, proposing the implentation of Universal Suffrage and State Pension s. The party doubled more than its seats to ten. Two Free Liberals become minister in the Extra-parliamentary Cabinet , led by Cort Van Linden , which enacts universal suffrage. In the 1918 Election s the party is left with four seats. It joins the Liberal Union and the minor Middle Class Party , Neutral Party and the Economic League to form the Liberal Political Party, The Freedom League . IDEOLOGY & ISSUES The League was a Conservative Liberal party emphasing the freedom of the Individual . It favoured a Laissez Faire economic system, a Nightwatchman State and Free Trade . It was in favour of the gradual implementation of Universal Suffrage . The party was a staunch defender of the Separation Of Church And State . REPRESENTATION Leadership The League lacked real leadership, they had no official Chairman of their Lower House parliamentary party. Instead charismatic politicians gathered like-minded MPs around them. When it became an official party in 1906, they elected Map Tydeman as the chairman of the parliamentary party, in 1916 he was succeded by Hendrik Dresselhuys. Because of the district system the party also did not need a Lijsttrekker , except for the 1918 when they were led Hendrik Dresselhuys. Other prominent Free Liberals were Johan Gleichman, Samuel Van Houten , Willem de Beaufort, Joan Röell , Map Tydeman, and Hendrik Dresselhuys. Members of the Lower House of Parliament Development of the number of seats in the Lower House of the 100 members available in single member districts. Before 1909 this refers to MPs of the conservative liberal tendency. The League had no members in the Higher House of parliament: 1897 - 13 1901 - 9 1905 - 9 : 1909 - 4 : 1913 - 10 : 1917 - 10 : 1918 -4 ELECTORATE The League was supported by bourgeoise voters from Amsterdam , Rotterdam and Utrecht and larger provincial centres in North and South Holland . |
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