The Latgalian Farmer-Labour Party, also known as the Latgalian Progressive Farmers, was a political party in
Latvia during the inter-war period. The party contested elections in an alliance with several other parties under the name United List of Latgalian Small Landless Farmers and Latgalian Labour Party.
[ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1130 ] It was led by
Jezups Trasuns.
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History
The party first contested national elections in 1922, when it won four seats in the parliamentary elections that year. It was reduced to two seats in 2nd Saeima
2nd Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from November 3, 1925, until November 5, 1928. The Social Democrat Pauls Kalniņš continued to hold the post of Speaker of the Saeima to which he was first elected during the 1st Saeima.
2nd Saeima gave ...
after 1925 elections, but won three seats in the 1928 elections. The 1931 elections saw the party win five seats in the 4th Saeima
4th Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from 3 November 1931 until the 15 May 1934 Latvian coup d'état. It was the last democratically elected Saeima until the restoration of Latvia’s independence in 1991 and the 5th Saeima elections in 1993. ...
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Ideology
The party supported radical land reform, including land distribution without compensation for former landowners. Like other parties in Latgale, it took an anti-Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
stance.[Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p449 ]
References
{{Latvian political parties
Defunct political parties in Latvia
Defunct agrarian political parties
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