Catholic Labour Party (Sainte-Chloé)

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Parti Catholique des Travailleurs
AbbreviationPCT
PresidentMichel Thiele
PremierGenevieve Chevallier
Party ChairHenri Verlois
FounderRaymond Rivière and Camille Pétain
Founded17 April 1953
Merger ofCatholic Party and Labour Party
NewspaperChristus Vincit
La Croix (affiliated)
Student wingCatholic Labour Students
Youth wingCatholic Youth
Membership (2020)Increase 942,921
IdeologySotirian Democracy
Social Conservativism
Trade Unionism
Corporatism
Catholic social teaching
Political positionCentre-right (From Centre to Right)
ReligionSolarian Catholic Church
Colours  Blue
Slogan"Dieu, Patrie, Travail"
(God, Fatherland, Labour)
Chamber of Commons
113 / 179
Senate
16 / 65
Provincial Governments
381 / 643

The Catholic Labour Party (Gaullican: Parti Catholique des Travailleurs), often abbreviated as the PCT, is a centre-right political party in Sainte-Chloé. It is one of Sainte-Chloé's two major parties alongside with its rival, the Social Democratic Party.

Founded in 1953 in a merger between the Catholic Party and Labour Party by Raymond Rivière and Camille Pétain, it was founded to form a united front against the control of the Democratic Party over the United Provinces, and to advocate for the creation of a centralized Republic in place of the federal model originally designed to also contain Imagua and the Assimas. Combining a platform of constitutional reform, the newly-formed party won the 1953 Parliamentary elections and forced the Constitutional reform upon the Democratic President, Pierre Voloix. It was the driving force behind the 1954 Constitution of Sainte-Chloé, and became the primary ruling party of the early Republic, with its success forcing the other parties to form the Social Democratic Party, creating the two-party system which Sainte-Chloé still operates under. Due to a variety of causes, most notably the economic crises which plagued the Social Democrat governments, the Catholic Labour has usually controlled the government for long periods of time with comfortable majorities.

The party's ideological roots stems from the pre-Great War Holistique movement, which embraces the idea of Catholic state, saying that the laws of the Republic must be influenced by Catholic social teaching. Socially, the party is socially conservative, generally supporting traditional values, and is heavily against social reform on policies such as abortion and same-sex marriage. The party is also committed to publically funding and promoting Catholic institutions and schools. Economically, the party is corporatist, and has from its beginning been a firm supporter of trade unions, especially religious ones. While ideologically opposed to both socialism and capitalism as forms of materialism, it pursues a middle-ground between the two with a social market economy. The party also is Pro-Gaullican, being in part inspired by the Catholic Labour Union structuring the constitution in part off of Gaullica's model, as well as promoting Sainte-Chloé's Gaullican heritage.

Since creation of the independent Republic in 1954, the Catholic Labour Party has been the dominant force in Chloéois politics, having controlled a government in Parliament for a total of 47 years, well over twice the 19 years which the Social Democrats have had a government. The party has also fielded 5 out of 9 Presidents; of these, three have served two terms, unlike any of the Social Democratic Presidents. The Catholic Labour Party is the current ruling party of Sainte-Chloé, under the Presidency of Michel Thiele and the Premiership of Genevieve Chevallier. It also currently has a majority of seats in the Chamber of Commons and a majority of provincial appointed seats in the Senate.

History

Origins

Formation of the Republic

Economic Crises

Modern History

Ideology

Factions

Organization

Leadership

Electoral History

Presidential Elections

Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1954 Camille Pétain XXXX 54.74% Elected Green tickY
1960 XXXX 67.39% Elected Green tickY
1966 Guillaume Vermonte XXXX 49.43% Lost Red XN
1972 Pierre Leroy XXXX 53.22% Elected Green tickY
1978 Dominique Monteclare XXXX 48.81% Lost Red XN
1984 Philippe Leclercq XXXX 57.63% Elected Green tickY
1990 XXXX 59.74% Elected Green tickY
1996 Auguste d'Estermont XXXX 20.44% Lost Red XN
2002 XXXX 18.62% Lost Red XN
2008 Jaques Durand XXXX 57.33% Elected Green tickY
2014 XXXX 53.75% Elected Green tickY
2020 Michel Thiele XXXX 51.22% Elected Green tickY

Première Chambre

Election Première Chambre Rank Government Première Leader
Votes % ±pp Seats won +/−
1954 XXX XX.XX% New
65 / 95
Increase 65 #1 Increase Majority government Raymond Rivière
1958 XXXX XX.XX% X.XX%
71 / 95
Increase 6 #1 Steady Majority government Raymond Rivière
1962 XXXX XX.XX% X.XX%
75 / 95
Increase 4 #1 Steady Majority government Raymond Rivière
1965 XXXX XX.XX% XX.XX%
59 / 121
Decrease 16 #2 Decrease Opposition Raymond Rivière
1969 XXXX XX.XX% X.XX%
69 / 121
Increase 10 #1 Increase Majority government François Laurent
1973 XXXX XX.XX% X.XX%
71 / 121
Increase 2 #1 Increase Majority government François Laurent
1977 XXXX XX.XX% XX.XX%
60 / 121
Decrease 11 #2 Decrease Opposition François Laurent
1981 XXXX XX.XX% X.XX%
79 / 121
Increase 19 #1 Increase Majority government Dominique Monteclare
1985 XXXX XX.XX% X.XX%
88 / 131
Increase 9 #1 Steady Majority government Dominique Monteclare
1989 XXXX XX.XX% X.XX%
91 / 131
Increase 3 #1 Steady Majority government Jean-Baptiste Florent
1993 XXXX XX.XX% X.XX%
89 / 131
Decrease 2 #1 Steady Majority government Jean-Baptiste Florent
1997 XXXX XX.XX% XX.XX%
74 / 149
Decrease 15 #2 Decrease Opposition Jean-Baptiste Florent
2001 XXXX XX.XX% XX.XX%
68 / 149
Decrease 6 #2 Steady Opposition Jean-Baptiste Florent
2005 XXXX XX.XX% XX.XX%
79 / 161
Increase 11 #2 Steady Opposition Jean-Baptiste Florent
2008 XXXX XX.XX% X.XX%
95 / 161
Increase 16 #1 Increase Majority government Jean-Baptiste Florent
2012 XXXX XX.XX% X.XX%
99 / 161
Increase 4 #1 Steady Majority government Bernard Blanc
2016 XXXX XX.XX% X.XX%
99 / 179
Steady 0 #1 Steady Majority government Bernard Blanc
2020 XXXX XX.XX% XX.XX%
89 / 179
Decrease 10 #2 Decrease Opposition Bernard Blanc
2021 XXXX XX.XX% X.XX%
113 / 179
Increase 20 #1 Increase Majority government Genevieve Chevallier

Deuxième Chambre

It is important to note that in the Deuxième, there are only 28 Partisan seats, which every provincial legislature appoints 4 seats to appoint from. The remaining 37 seats are non partisan and either appointed by the President or reserved for the country's Bishops. Majority here signifies the possession of 15 or more seats of the elected parliament seats.

Election Deuxième Chambre Rank Government Deuxième Leader
Seats won +/−
1954
24 / 65
Increase 24 #1 Increase Elected majority Pierre Leroy
1960
24 / 65
Steady 0 #1 Steady Elected majority Pierre Leroy
1966
16 / 65
Decrease 8 #1 Steady Elected majority Pierre Leroy
1972
20 / 65
Increase 4 #1 Steady Elected majority Philippe Leclercq
1978
16 / 65
Decrease 4 #1 Steady Elected majority Philippe Leclercq
1984
24 / 65
Increase 8 #1 Steady Elected majority Auguste d'Estermont
1990
28 / 65
Increase 4 #1 Steady Elected majority Auguste d'Estermont
1996
20 / 65
Decrease 8 #1 Steady Elected majority Thomas Garlan
2002
12 / 65
Decrease 8 #2 Decrease Elected minority Thomas Garlan
2008
20 / 65
Increase 8 #1 Increase Elected majority Veronique Rivière
2014
20 / 65
Steady 0 #1 Steady Elected majority Veronique Rivière
2020
16 / 65
Decrease 4 #1 Steady Elected majority Claude Sonat