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{{Infobox political party
{{Infobox political party
|name          = Democratic Party of Imagua and the Assimas
|name          = Liberal Party of Imagua and the Assimas
|name_native = Partito Democratico d'Imagua
|native_name    = Partito Liberale di Imagua
|logo          = [[File:ImaguaDemocratic48.png|200px]]
|logo          = [[File:ImaguaDemocratic48.png|200px]]
|colorcode      = #7D26CD
|colorcode      = #c5c12b
|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 = 18 January, 1923
|dissolved = 5 January, 1948
|dissolved = 1 July, 1945
|merged = [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Democratic Labour Party]], [[Imaguan Party of Democrats]]
|merged =
|successor =
|successor = [[Democratic Party (Imagua)|Democratic Party]]
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|ideology      = {{wp|Liberalism}}
|ideology      = {{wp|Liberalism}}
|position  = {{wp|Centrist politics|Centre}} to {{wpl|Center-left politics|Centre-left}}
|position  = {{wp|Centrist politics|Centre}}
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|national  =  
|colors        = {{colorbox|#7D26CD}} Purple
|colors        = {{colorbox|#c5c12b}} Yellow
|seats1_title  = [[Senate of Imagua|Senate]]
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|seats2_title  = [[Lesser House of Imagua|Lesser House]]
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|country        = Imagua and the Assimas
|country        = Imagua and the Assimas
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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 '''Liberal Party of Imagua''' ({{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}}: ''Partito Liberale di Imagua'') was a {{wp|political party}} of [[Imagua and the Assimas]] that existed from 1923 until it was renamed to the [[Democratic Party (Imagua)|Democratic Party]] in 1945.


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.
Originating from the [[Cornelius Suthmeer]]'s faction in 1892, with a base among small landowners and the emerging [[Eucleo-Imaguan people|Eucleo-Imaguan]] middle class, the faction became deeply associated with {{wp|liberalism}}, especially under Suthmeer's successor, [[Edmund Bollen]] between 1904 and 1909, and Bollen's successor as leader of the faction from 1909, [[Peter Hansson]], who would be the first non-Lambournite to become [[Prime Minister of Imagua and the Assimas|Chief Minister]] in 1917, serving until his death in 1920.


==History==
After succeeding Hansson as Chief Minister, [[Nelson Egnell]] sought to centralise the party to defend itself from both the [[Labour Party (Imagua)|Labour Party]], who had a significant organisational structure, and from the [[Sotirian Democratic Party (Imagua)|Lambournites]] who, while lacking organisation, had significant funds and influence. Thus, in 1923, the Liberal Party was officially founded as a political party.
===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]].


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."
The Liberals' heyday as an organized political party was from 1923 until 1936, although much of their time in power was dominated by the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]] from 1926 until 1934, during which time Imagua was under [[Functionalist Gaullica|Gaullican occupation]]. After the end of the Great War, the Liberals went to the opposition benches in 1936, and would decline as the Labour Party continued their rise.  


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.
In 1945, as the [[United Provinces (Kylaris)|United Provinces]] was established, the Liberals renamed themselves to the Democrats in an attempt to become closer to [[Pierre Voloix]]'s [[Democratic Party (Sainte-Chloé)|Democratic Party]].
 
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.
 
Thus, over the next four years, Peter Hansson continued to advocate for the party's expansion beyond the cities, with Hansson advocating for policies that would win over voters outside the cities, while remaining faithful to the founding principles of the Democratic Party.
 
This strategy paid off when in 1917, they gained thirty-six seats. However, as they needed a Speaker, and that would bring down their number of MPs to 35, they decided to form a coalition with the [[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Labour Party]].
 
(TBC)


==Political positions==
==Political positions==
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]].
The Liberal 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]]. Thus, during its time in government from 1917 until 1936, the Suthmeerites and the Liberals would relax many economic restrictions, in the hope that the Imaguan economy could recover in the aftermath of the [[Great Collapse (Kylaris)|Great Collapse]], although the economy did not completely recover before the start of the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]].


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]] onward.
Socially, the Liberal Party sought to reduce voting requirements, and during its time in government, the Suthmeerites and the Liberals would consistently reduce the minimum amount of land that one must own prior to voting: from 480 acres to 1 acre in 1918, and then again to half-an-acre in 1935. It also expanded voter eligiblity, permitting all adult sons of landowners to vote in 1918, and permitting all adult dependents of landowners (i.e. wives and daughters) to vote in 1935, and reduced the mininum annual income needed to vote from 250 [[Imaguan shillings|shillings]] to 30 shillings in 1918, to 15 shillings in 1923, and to 10 shillings in 1935. In its later years, the Liberal Party also sought to implement some {{wp|social liberalism|socially liberal}} policies.


==Election results==
==Election results==
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! Seats
! Seats
! +/-
! +/-
! Votes
! %
! Position
! Position
|-
|-
| 1892
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1892|1892]]
|rowspan=4|[[Cornelius Suthmeer]]
|rowspan=4|[[Cornelius Suthmeer]]
| 36/36
| 36/36
| {{Composition bar|10|36|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|10|36|hex=#c5c12b}}
| ''new''
| ''new''
| 5,528
| 25.25%
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
|-
| 1896
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1896|1896]]
| 36/36
| 36/36
| {{Composition bar|11|36|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|11|36|hex=#c5c12b}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{increase}} 1
| 6,963
| 31.18%
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
|-
| 1900
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1900|1900]]
| 36/36
| 36/36
| {{Composition bar|13|36|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|13|36|hex=#c5c12b}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{increase}} 2
| 7,970
| 33.30%
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
|-
| 1904
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1904|1904]]
| 37/37
| 37/37
| {{Composition bar|11|37|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|11|37|hex=#c5c12b}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{decrease}} 2
| 6,550
| 27.80%
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
|-
| 1908
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1908|1908]]
|rowspan=2| [[Edmund Bollen]]
|rowspan=2| [[Edmund Bollen]]
| 37/37
| 37/37
| {{Composition bar|11|37|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|11|37|hex=#c5c12b}}
| {{nochange}}
| {{nochange}}
| 6,099
| 27.21%
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
|-
| 1909
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1909|1909]]
| 37/37
| 37/37
| {{Composition bar|12|37|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|12|37|hex=#c5c12b}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{increase}} 1
| 9,225
| 31.15%
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
|-
| 1913
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1913|1913]]
|rowspan=2| [[Peter Hansson]]
|rowspan=2| [[Peter Hansson]]
| 38/38
| 38/38
| {{Composition bar|16|38|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|16|38|hex=#c5c12b}}
| {{increase}} 4
| {{increase}} 4
| 12,366
| 33.88%
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
|-
| 1917
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1917|1917]]
| 38/38
| 38/38
| {{Composition bar|20|38|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|20|38|hex=#c5c12b}}
| {{increase}} 4
| {{increase}} 4
| 15,623
| 44.20%
|style="background:#BBFFDD; color:black"|Democratic-[[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Labour]] coalition
|style="background:#BBFFDD; color:black"|Democratic-[[Democratic Labour Party of Imagua|Labour]] coalition
|-
|-
| 1920
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1920|1920]]
|rowspan=2| [[Tim Marklund]]
|rowspan=3| [[Nelson Egnell]]
| 38/38
| 38/38
| {{Composition bar|11|38|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|22|38|hex=#c5c12b}}
| {{decrease}} 9
| {{increase}} 2
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
| 20,514
| 43.20%
|style="background:#BBFFDD; color:black"|Majority government
|-
|-
| 1924
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1924|1924]]
| 39/39
| 39/39
| {{Composition bar|5|39|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|21|39|hex=#c5c12b}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{decrease}} 1
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Third party
| 27,216
| 41.52%
|style="background:#BBFFDD; color:black"|Majority government
|-
|-
| 1936
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1936|1936]]
|rowspan=2| [[Nelson Pakenas]]
| 39/39
| 39/39
| {{Composition bar|9|39|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|9|39|hex=#c5c12b}}
| {{increase}} 4
| {{increase}} 4
| 74,051
| 23.30%
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
|-
|-
| 1940
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1940|1940]]
| [[Nelson Pakenas]]
| 39/39
| 39/39
| {{Composition bar|5|39|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|5|39|hex=#c5c12b}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{decrease}} 4
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Official Opposition
| 76,993
| 23.10%
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Third party
|-
|-
| 1944
| [[Elections in Imagua and the Assimas#1944|1944]]
| [[Abraham Halfacre]]
| [[Abraham Halfacre]]
| 40/40
| 40/40
| {{Composition bar|3|40|hex=#7D26CD}}
| {{Composition bar|3|40|hex=#c5c12b}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{decrease}} 2
| 59,814
| 19.54%
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Third party
|style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Third party
|}
|}


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Liberal Party of Imagua and the Assimas

Partito Liberale di Imagua
Founded18 January, 1923
Dissolved1 July, 1945
Succeeded byDemocratic Party
IdeologyLiberalism
Political positionCentre
Colors  Yellow

The Liberal Party of Imagua (Vespasian: Partito Liberale di Imagua) was a political party of Imagua and the Assimas that existed from 1923 until it was renamed to the Democratic Party in 1945.

Originating from the Cornelius Suthmeer's faction in 1892, with a base among small landowners and the emerging Eucleo-Imaguan middle class, the faction became deeply associated with liberalism, especially under Suthmeer's successor, Edmund Bollen between 1904 and 1909, and Bollen's successor as leader of the faction from 1909, Peter Hansson, who would be the first non-Lambournite to become Chief Minister in 1917, serving until his death in 1920.

After succeeding Hansson as Chief Minister, Nelson Egnell sought to centralise the party to defend itself from both the Labour Party, who had a significant organisational structure, and from the Lambournites who, while lacking organisation, had significant funds and influence. Thus, in 1923, the Liberal Party was officially founded as a political party.

The Liberals' heyday as an organized political party was from 1923 until 1936, although much of their time in power was dominated by the Great War from 1926 until 1934, during which time Imagua was under Gaullican occupation. After the end of the Great War, the Liberals went to the opposition benches in 1936, and would decline as the Labour Party continued their rise.

In 1945, as the United Provinces was established, the Liberals renamed themselves to the Democrats in an attempt to become closer to Pierre Voloix's Democratic Party.

Political positions

The Liberal Party's ideology was liberalism. For much of its history, it was a 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. Thus, during its time in government from 1917 until 1936, the Suthmeerites and the Liberals would relax many economic restrictions, in the hope that the Imaguan economy could recover in the aftermath of the Great Collapse, although the economy did not completely recover before the start of the Great War.

Socially, the Liberal Party sought to reduce voting requirements, and during its time in government, the Suthmeerites and the Liberals would consistently reduce the minimum amount of land that one must own prior to voting: from 480 acres to 1 acre in 1918, and then again to half-an-acre in 1935. It also expanded voter eligiblity, permitting all adult sons of landowners to vote in 1918, and permitting all adult dependents of landowners (i.e. wives and daughters) to vote in 1935, and reduced the mininum annual income needed to vote from 250 shillings to 30 shillings in 1918, to 15 shillings in 1923, and to 10 shillings in 1935. In its later years, the Liberal Party also sought to implement some socially liberal policies.

Election results

Election Leader Candidates Seats +/- Votes % Position
1892 Cornelius Suthmeer 36/36
10 / 36
 new 5,528 25.25% Official Opposition
1896 36/36
11 / 36
 Increase 1 6,963 31.18% Official Opposition
1900 36/36
13 / 36
 Increase 2 7,970 33.30% Official Opposition
1904 37/37
11 / 37
 Decrease 2 6,550 27.80% Official Opposition
1908 Edmund Bollen 37/37
11 / 37
 Steady 6,099 27.21% Official Opposition
1909 37/37
12 / 37
 Increase 1 9,225 31.15% Official Opposition
1913 Peter Hansson 38/38
16 / 38
 Increase 4 12,366 33.88% Official Opposition
1917 38/38
20 / 38
 Increase 4 15,623 44.20% Democratic-Labour coalition
1920 Nelson Egnell 38/38
22 / 38
 Increase 2 20,514 43.20% Majority government
1924 39/39
21 / 39
 Decrease 1 27,216 41.52% Majority government
1936 39/39
9 / 39
 Increase 4 74,051 23.30% Official Opposition
1940 Nelson Pakenas 39/39
5 / 39
 Decrease 4 76,993 23.10% Third party
1944 Abraham Halfacre 40/40
3 / 40
 Decrease 2 59,814 19.54% Third party
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