Ostric Party
Ostric Party Starna Òstrskô Ostrische Partei | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Marek Zimmerman |
| Founded | 1 March 1986 |
| Dissolved | 20 November 2003 |
| Merged into | Ostric Coalition (partially) |
| Ideology | Ostric separatism 1986-1994: Big tent Centrism 1994-2003: Conservatism National liberalism |
| Political position | 1986-1994: Centre 1994-2003: Centre-right |
| Colors | Blue, white, green (official) Yellow (customary) |
The Ostric Party (Ostric: Starna Òstrskô, SÒ; Weranic: Ostrische Partei, OP) was a centrist and separatist party in Ostry, a free state of Werania. Founded in 1986 as an alternative for separatists wishing to distance themselves from the more openly socialist Ostric People's Party, the Ostric Party found some success under the leadership of Marek Zimmerman, who courted a large coalition of liberals, conservatives, and even left-leaning separatists to become the king-maker during the 1990 regional election. Subsequent elections saw a decline in support, marked first by Zimmerman's resignation as leader in 1994, and the founding of the competing Ostric Coalition in 1998, who in turn took much of the Ostric Party's remaining voters in the 2000 regional election.
Prior to its collapse, the party espoused support for Ostric independence, and initially did not involve itself in other matters, remaining a big tent organization under Zimmerman's leadership. His resignation led to the conservative Marek Szréber to gain control, and subsequently move the party more to the right. The creation of the Ostric Coalition as a more principled conservative separatist organziation saw the Ostric Party to collapse between the years 1998 and 2000, and by the party's deregistration in 2003, most of the party's assets had been sold off. Although not legally or officially a predecessor to the Ostric Coalition, a number of party activists, including then-leader Erik Kôlbflësz, joined the Coalition later, with Kôlbflësz serving as an Assembly Member for the party from 2008 to 2012.
Election results
| Election year | # of votes |
% of vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Govt? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1,518 | 9.62 (#4) | 1 / 15
|
 1
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Opposition |
| 1990 | 2,332 | 16.30 (#3) | 2 / 15
|
1
|
Confidence and supply |
| 1994 | 1,759 | 13.49 (#4) | 2 / 15
|
|
Confidence and supply |
| 1996 | 1,567 | 11.38 (#4) | 2 / 15
|
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Opposition |
| 2000 | 575 | 4.29 (#6) | 0 / 15
|
 2
|
No representation |
List of leaders
- Marek Zimmerman (1986-1994)
- Marek Szréber (1994-2001)
- Erik Kôlbflësz (2001-2003)