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The Liberal Union (in Dutch: Liberale Unie, LU) was a Dutch Liberal Political Party . The LU was one of the major parties of its time. The LU is one of the historic predecessors of the Liberal Political Party , and therefore of the People's Party For Freedom And Democracy . PARTY HISTORY History before foundation Liberals had been an Important Political Force in the Netherlands. Since 1848 they were the dominant political force. They were organized in lose political clubs and caucuses. Liberals were divided between Progressive , Centrist and Conservative liberals, but because of the lack of organized political parties, these divisions were not very strong. In 1879 the division became explicit when a separate parliamentary party was fromed by supporters of Kappeyne Van De Copello . With the rise of both Catholic and Protestant parties, the liberals were forced to organize themselves better. Party History In 1885 all the liberal political clubs and Caucus es were united in the Liberal Union. The Union was factionalized: it had a progressive, a conservative and a centrist faction. In . The 1894 Elections are won by anti-Takkians and the Liberal Union is confined to oppostion. After the 1897 Elections the liberals regain their majority and a cabinet led Pierson enacts a series of social laws, including the Learning Obligation law, which forces all children to go to school between the ages of six and twelve in order to combat child labour. In 1901 the progressive liberals the party they founded the are asked to join the liberals in a coalition. They refuse however. An Extra-parliamentary Cabinet is formed by Cort Van Der Linden , formed by liberals from all three liberal parties. This cabinet enacts universal suffrage and ends the Schoolstrijd. After the disastruous , the mainstream liberal party. IDEOLOGY & ISSUES The Union started out as a moderately Progressive Liberal party, committed to the freedom of the individual. Gradually it became more conservative]]. It was in favour of a small government, which nonetheless got its income from progressive taxation and would enact social legislation. The party was fiscally conservative. It furthermore was in favour of the universal suffrage and proportional representation. REPRESENTATION Leadership Chairman Of The Lower House Parliamentary Party :1902-1913 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius :1913-1917 Theodoor De Meester :1918-1921 Pieter Rink Prime Ministers :1891-1894 Van Tienhoven :1897-1901 Pierson :1905-1908 De Meester :1913-1918 Cort Van Der Linden Members of the Lower House of Parliament Development of the number of seats in the Lower House, of the 100 available. Before 1918 elected in single member districts, after that by proportional representation: : 1918 - 6 : 1913 - 22 : 1909 - 20 : 1905 - 25 : 1901 - 18 : 1897 - 35 : 1894 - 57 (this includes conservative liberals) : 1891 - 53 (this includes conservative liberals) : 1888 - 46 ELECTORATE Liberal received support from and Rotterdam , in provincial centres like Arnhem , Zutphen and Leeuwarden , in the rich municipalities around Hilversum and The Hague and in northern rural provinces, like Groningen and Drenthe . Relationships to other parties The Liberal Union formed a lose alliance with the League of Free Liberals and the Free-thinking Liberal League. The parties cooperated in several cabinets. The liberal legislation to extend suffrage and to better the position of workers was often supported by the social-democratic SDAP. SEE ALSO
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