Republican Union (Portugal)
Portuguese political party
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The Republican Union Party (Portuguese: Partido da União Republicana, PUR), commonly known as the Republican Union or the Unionist Party, was a political party in Portugal.
Republican Union Party Partido da União Republicana | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PUR |
| Leader | Manuel de Brito Camacho |
| Founded | 26 February 1912 |
| Dissolved | 1919 |
| Split from | Portuguese Republican Party |
| Merged into | Republican Liberal Party |
| Ideology | Conservatism[1][2] |
| Political position | Center-right |
History
The party was established on 26 February 1912 as the result of a split in the National Republican Union (UNR), with one faction breaking away to form the Evolutionist Party and the rump of the UNR becoming the Republican Union.[3][4][5] It won 15 seats in the House of Representatives and 11 seats in the Senate in the 1915 parliamentary elections, emerging as the third-largest faction after the Democratic Party.
The party boycotted the 1918 elections,[6] but returned to run in the 1919 elections, in which it won 17 House seats, regaining its place as the third-largest party.
In 1919 the party merged with the Evolutionist Party to form the Republican Liberal Party.[4]