Conservatives.nl was a minor

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in the

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that was founded by

Winny de Jong __NOTOC__ Winny de Jong (born 9 October 1958 in Hazerswoude-Rijndijk) is a former Dutch politician. From 28 May 2002 till 30 January 2003 she was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands; at first for the Lijst Pim Fortuyn (LPF ...

and

Cor Eberhard Cornelis Reindert (Cor) Eberhard (born 1947 in Amsterdam) is a former Dutch politician. From 28 May 2002 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the Lijst Pim Fortuyn (LPF) and from 2002 for ''Groep De Jong'' with ...

as a splinter party from the

Lijst Pim Fortuyn The Pim Fortuyn List ( nl, Lijst Pim Fortuyn, LPF) was a political party in the Netherlands named after its eponymous founder Pim Fortuyn, a former university professor and political columnist. The party was considered populist, right-wing popul ...

(LPF). Both had been elected as MPs to the

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in 2002. It was led by de Jong from 2002 to 2003.

History

DeConservatieven.nl was the result of a split from the

Pim Fortuyn List The Pim Fortuyn List ( nl, Lijst Pim Fortuyn, LPF) was a political party in the Netherlands named after its eponymous founder Pim Fortuyn, a former university professor and political columnist. The party was considered populist, right-wing popul ...

and

had been elected to parliament as MPs for the party in the

2002 Dutch general election General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 May 2002.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1396 The elections were amongst the most dramatic in Dutch history, not just in terms of the electoral ...

. De Jong had been named by the party's leader

Pim Fortuyn Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (; 19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002), was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) ...

as his candidate to be the parliamentary faction leader of the LPF after the election. However, the LPF succumbed to infighting after Fortuyn was assassinated in the run-up to the election. De Jong left the party due to the internal disputes and founded a one-woman faction ''Group de Jong.'' She was joined by Eberhard and they subsequently founded the party together."Oude garde verlaat parlement; Kopstukken van weleer na vandaag Kamerlid af", in dagblad ''De Telegraaf'', 29 January 2003 The party attempted to run in the

2003 Dutch general election General elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 January 2003. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1396 Background The election was held following the resignation of the first Balkenende cabinet ...

. It encountered some controversy when it was discovered the second candidate on the list

Michiel Smit Michiel Smit (born 21 August 1976) is a former Dutch politician who was leader of Nieuw Rechts, a far-right political party. Political office Michiel Smit was elected to the Rotterdam city council in 2002 as a member of Leefbaar Rotterdam. In F ...

had been associated with internet

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groups including the site '' Stormfront.'' The party won around 0.3% of the vote in the 2003 election and did not return any MPs to parliament. It de-registered itself shortly after.

References

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