The Afrikaner Party (AP) was a South African

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from 1941 to 1951.

Origins

The Afrikaner Party's roots can be traced back to September 1939, when South Africa declared war on

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shortly after the start of

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. The then Prime Minister

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and his followers did not agree with this move and broke away from the United Party to form the Volksparty (People's Party). The Volksparty later split: one faction joined the Gesuiwerde Nasionale Party (Purified National Party) to form the Herenigde Nasionale Party (Re-united National Party) while the other faction became the Afrikaner Party under the leadership of

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Coalition

After the 1948 South African general election the Herenigde National Party and Afrikaner Party formed a coalition in order to achieve an absolute majority in parliament. The Afrikaner Party was very much the junior partner in this, however, and in 1951, the two parties amalgamated to become the National Party.

Election results

References

*Winkler Prins Encyclopedie 1955, deur: red. Winkler Prins. *Nuwe Geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika: T. Cameron. 1986, Human & Rousseau. {{Commons category, Afrikaner Party 1941 establishments in South Africa 1951 disestablishments in Africa Afrikaner nationalism Afrikaner organizations Boer nationalism Defunct political parties in South Africa Nationalist parties in South Africa Political parties disestablished in 1951 Political parties established in 1941 Political parties of minorities Protestant political parties Separatism in South Africa White nationalist parties