The Conservative Catholics ( it, Cattolici Conservatori) were a right-wing conservative political party in Italy, composed by strong conservatives and clericalists.

History

They have been active since the unification of Italy as a parliamentary group of which brought together the most intransigent Catholic politicians of the hemicycle, which is why they are often referred to as the Historical Far Right. They emerged as party in 1913 from the right-wing of the clerical Catholic Electoral Union. In the

1913 Italian general election General elections were held in Italy on 26 October 1913, with a second round of voting on 2 November.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1047 The Liberals (the former ''Ministeriali'') narrowly retain ...

, the party won 1.8% of the vote and 9 seats in the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1047 In 1919, the Catholics were merged with other clerical parties and groupings in the Italian People's Party that gained 20.5% and 100 seats in the

1919 Italian general election General elections were held in Italy on 16 November 1919.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1047 The fragmented Liberal governing coalition lost the absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies, due t ...

.Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, ''Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia'', Zanichelli, Bologna 2009

Electoral results

References

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