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{{Infobox political party
{{Infobox political party
|name          = Democratic Party of Imagua and the Assimas
|name          = Imaguan Party of Democrats
|name_native = Partito Democratico d'Imagua
|name_native = Partito dei Democratici d'Imagua
|logo          = [[File:ImaguaDemocratic48.png|200px]]
|logo          = [[File:ImaguaDemocratic.png|200px]]
|colorcode      = #7D26CD
|colorcode      = #EF759D
|leader1_title  = Chairman
|leader1_title  = Chairman
|leader1_name  =  
|leader1_name  =  
|leader2_title  = Parliamentary Leader
|leader2_title  = Parliamentary Leader
|leader2_name  =  
|leader2_name  =  
|founded = 1892
|founded = 7 January, 1948
|dissolved = 5 January, 1948
|dissolved =  
|merged = [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Democratic Labour Party]], [[Imaguan Party of Democrats]]
|split = [[Democratic Party of Imagua]]
|successor =  
|successor =  
|headquarters  =  
|headquarters  = [[Cuanstad]], [[Imagua and the Assimas]]
|student_wing  =
|student_wing  =
|youth_wing    =  
|youth_wing    =  
|ideology      = {{wp|Liberalism}}
|ideology      = {{wp|Liberalism}}
|position  = {{wp|Centrist politics|Centre}} to {{wpl|Center-left politics|Centre-left}}
|position  = {{wp|Centrist politics|Centre}} to {{wpl|Center-right politics|Centre-right}}
|national  =  
|national  =  
|colors        = {{colorbox|#7D26CD}} Purple
|colors        = {{colorbox|#EF759D}} Rose
|seats1_title  = [[Senate of Imagua|Senate]]
|seats1_title  = [[Senate of Imagua|Senate]]
|seats1        = {{Template:Infobox political party/seats|0|60|#7D26CD}}
|seats1        = {{Template:Infobox political party/seats|0|60|#EF759D}}
|seats2_title  = [[Lesser House of Imagua|Lesser House]]
|seats2_title  = [[Lesser House of Imagua|Lesser House]]
|seats2        = {{Template:Infobox political party/seats|0|70|#7D26CD}}
|seats2        = {{Template:Infobox political party/seats|0|70|#EF759D}}
|symbol =  
|symbol =  
|website        =  
|website        =  
|country        = Imagua and the Assimas
|country        = Imagua and the Assimas
}}
}}
The '''Democratic Party of Imagua''' ({{wp|Italian language|Etrurian}}: ''Partito Democratico d'Imagua'') was a {{wp|political party}} of [[Imagua and the Assimas]] that existed from 1892 until its merger with the [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Labour Party]] to establish the [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Democratic Labour Party of Imagua]] in 1948 prior to the 1948 general elections.
The '''Imaguan Party of Democrats''' ({{wp|Italian language|Etrurian}}: ''Partito dei Democratici d'Imagua'') is a small political party in [[Imagua and the Assimas]]. Established in 1948 by members opposed to the merger of the [[Democratic Party of Imagua]] with the [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Labour Party]] to create the [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua]], the party maintained a presence in the [[Senate of Imagua|Imaguan Senate]] until 1974.
 
Established by [[Cornelius Suthmeer]], it was one of the two major political parties of Imagua from 1892 to 1920, when the Labour Party formed government in an upset result. Despite their efforts, the Democratic Party began to decline in strength, resulting in a merger with the Labour Party in 1948. A group of members opposed to the merger established the [[Imaguan Party of Democrats]], which continue to field candidates to this day.


==History==
==History==
===Establishment===
===Establishment===
After [[Estmere]] granted the [[Colony of Imagua]] {{wp|self-government}} in 1892, [[Cornelius Suthmeer]], former managing director of the [[Bank of the Orient]] from 1885 to 1891, declared the establishment of the Democratic Party of Imagua, after hearing the news of the establishment of the [[National Party of Imagua|Conservative Party]] by [[Harmon Lambourne]].
Following the merger of the [[Democratic Party of Imagua|Democratic Party]] with the [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Labour Party]] to create the [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua]], a faction of members opposed to the merger, led by former party leader [[Abraham Halfacre]], held an "extraordinary" party conference to establish the Imaguan Party of Democrats on 7 January, 1948.
 
At a conference, Suthmeer declared the establishment of a Democratic Party, saying that "the people of this island need a genuine choice, to lead this Imaguan land into prosperity," and believed that "democracy would be the way with which Imagua will become truly free."
 
At the 1892 general elections, the Democrats won nineteen seats, allowing them to become official opposition, with most of their seats being based in the large towns (i.e. [[Cuanstad]] and [[Nua Taois|New Taois]]). While Suthmeer was able to increase his results in 1896 to 23, and in 1900 to 25 seats, he was unable to ever form government, and after losing five seats in 1904, Suthmeer retired.
 
Suthmeer was succeeded by [[Edmund Bollen]]. While Bollen proved to be charismatic, and the Democrats made gains in 1908, gaining three seats, in the 1909 snap election, while the overall distribution did not change, Bollen lost his seat to [[Dick Parlow]].
 
===Rise and zenith of Democratic Party===
After [[Edmund Bollen]] lost his seat, he resigned as leader of the Democratic Party. At the 1910 leadership convention, [[Peter Hansson]] was named the parliamentary leader of the Democratic Party.
 
Under Hansson's leadership of the party, he started to expand the popularity of the Democrats outside of [[Cuanstad]] and [[Nua Taois|New Taois]], calling for "increased participation" of [[Bahio-Imaguans]] within the party, and focused on "liberalising agricultural policies" so farmers can sell their produce with no restrictions as to whom they can sell it to.


This paid off in 1913, when Hansson saw the Democratic Party gain ten seats, most of it in the countryside. While they were still the official opposition, their position was such that they were expected to form a government in the next four years.
There, he invited "all true Democrats" to rally under a continuing Democratic Party, with nine of the eleven Democratic senators joining the continuing party.  


Thus, over the next four years, Peter Hansson continued to advocate for the party's expansion beyond the cities, with Hansson... (TBC)
However, when the party tried to register with [[Elections Imagua]] under the Democratic name, the application was rejected as the name would confuse voters. This forced Halfacre to call the party the Imaguan Party of Democrats.


==Political positions==
As well, due to the short time between the merger and the 1948 general election, Halfacre had a hard time finding candidates to run for office. However, he managed to field twenty-two candidates before the writ was dropped.
The Democratic Party's ideology was {{wp|liberalism|liberalism}}. For much of its history, it was a {{wp|classical liberal}} party, which advocated for freedom of speech, trade, conscience, and choice. It advocated for reduced regulations, as they believed that a freer economy would benefit [[Imagua and the Assimas]].


Socially, they were also liberal, advocating for women's suffrage in the 1890s, and advocated {{wp|social liberalism|social liberal}} policies, especially from the end of the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]] onwards.
While Halfacre ran a vigorous campaign, and managed to finish second in much of the constituencies in [[Cuanstad]], the lack of a national presence hampered the party's success. Nonetheless, Halfacre spent the next four years building up a IPD presence across [[Imagua and the Assimas|country]], vowing to run in "every constituency" by the next general election in 1952.


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==Election results==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Seats
! +/-
! Position
|-
| 1892
|rowspan=4|[[Cornelius Suthmeer]]
| {{Composition bar|19|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{increase}} 19
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
| 1896
| {{Composition bar|23|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{increase}} 4
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
| 1900
| {{Composition bar|25|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{increase}} 2
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
| 1904
| {{Composition bar|20|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{decrease}} 5
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
| 1908
|rowspan=2| [[Edmund Bollen]]
| {{Composition bar|23|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{increase}} 3
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
| 1909
| {{Composition bar|23|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{nochange}}
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
| 1913
|rowspan=2| [[Peter Hansson]]
| {{Composition bar|33|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{increase}} 10
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
| 1917
| {{Composition bar|36|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{increase}} 3
|style="background:#BBFFDD; color:black"|Democratic-[[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Labour]] coalition
|-
| 1920
|rowspan=2| [[Tim Marklund]]
| {{Composition bar|20|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{decrease}} 16
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
| 1924
| {{Composition bar|9|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{decrease}} 11
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Third party
|-
| 1936
|rowspan=2| [[Nelson Pakenas]]
| {{Composition bar|17|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{increase}} 8
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
| 1940
| {{Composition bar|10|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{decrease}} 7
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
| 1944
| [[Abraham Halfacre]]
| {{Composition bar|6|70|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{decrease}} 4
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Third party
|}

Revision as of 01:57, 16 December 2019

Imaguan Party of Democrats
Founded7 January, 1948
Split fromDemocratic Party of Imagua
HeadquartersCuanstad, Imagua and the Assimas
IdeologyLiberalism
Political positionCentre to Centre-right
Colors  Rose
Senate
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Lesser House
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The Imaguan Party of Democrats (Etrurian: Partito dei Democratici d'Imagua) is a small political party in Imagua and the Assimas. Established in 1948 by members opposed to the merger of the Democratic Party of Imagua with the Labour Party to create the Democratic Labour Party of Imagua, the party maintained a presence in the Imaguan Senate until 1974.

History

Establishment

Following the merger of the Democratic Party with the Labour Party to create the Democratic Labour Party of Imagua, a faction of members opposed to the merger, led by former party leader Abraham Halfacre, held an "extraordinary" party conference to establish the Imaguan Party of Democrats on 7 January, 1948.

There, he invited "all true Democrats" to rally under a continuing Democratic Party, with nine of the eleven Democratic senators joining the continuing party.

However, when the party tried to register with Elections Imagua under the Democratic name, the application was rejected as the name would confuse voters. This forced Halfacre to call the party the Imaguan Party of Democrats.

As well, due to the short time between the merger and the 1948 general election, Halfacre had a hard time finding candidates to run for office. However, he managed to field twenty-two candidates before the writ was dropped.

While Halfacre ran a vigorous campaign, and managed to finish second in much of the constituencies in Cuanstad, the lack of a national presence hampered the party's success. Nonetheless, Halfacre spent the next four years building up a IPD presence across country, vowing to run in "every constituency" by the next general election in 1952.

(TBC)