The United Conservative Party ( es, Partido Conservador Unido, PCU) was a right-wing
Chile
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an
political party
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founded in December 1953 after the merger of the
Traditionalist Conservative Party and a faction of the
Social Christian Conservative Party
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, issued from the
Conservative Party
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. It supported for the
1958 presidential election the candidacy of
Jorge Alessandri
Jorge Eduardo Alessandri Rodríguez (; 19 May 1896 – 31 August 1986) was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970, which he lost to Salvador All ...
and participated, along with the
Liberal Party
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and supporters of former president
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (; 3 November 1877 – 28 April 1960) was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as President twice, first between 1927 and 1931, and then from 1952 to 1958, serving for 10 years in office.
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, in its government. In 1962, it participated in the
Democratic Front of Chile
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center-right coalition which opposed the left-wings
FRAP coalition and supported for the
1964 presidential election Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva (; 16 January 1911 – 22 January 1982) was a Chilean political leader. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the ...
(who obtained less than 56% of the votes).
Following the low results obtained at the
1965 parliamentary elections, the United Conservative Party merged in 1966 with the
Liberal Party
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and the
National Action (founded in 1963 by
Jorge Prat Echaurren, who had been Minister of Finances in 1954 in
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (; 3 November 1877 – 28 April 1960) was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as President twice, first between 1927 and 1931, and then from 1952 to 1958, serving for 10 years in office.
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's cabinet), thus creating the
National Party.
Electoral results
*
1957 parliamentary election (21 deputies on a total of 147) — 13,8% of the votes
[Cruz-Coke, Ricardo. 1984. ''Historia electoral de Chile. 1925-1973''. Editorial Jurídica de Chile. Santiago]
*
1961 parliamentary election (17 deputies on a total of 147) — 14,3% of the votes
[
* 1965 parliamentary election (03 deputies on a total of 147) — 05,2% of the votes ][
]
Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the United Conservative Party. (Information gathered from th
Archive of Chilean Elections
.
*1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
: Jorge Alessandri
Jorge Eduardo Alessandri Rodríguez (; 19 May 1896 – 31 August 1986) was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970, which he lost to Salvador All ...
(won)
*1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
: Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva (; 16 January 1911 – 22 January 1982) was a Chilean political leader. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the ...
(won)
See also
* :United Conservative Party (Chile) politicians
*Conservative Party (Chile)
The Conservative Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Conservador'', PCon) of Chile was one of the principal Chilean political parties since its foundation in 1836 until 1948, when it broke apart. In 1953 it reformed as the United Conservative Party and ...
*Presidential Republic Era
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Footnotes
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Further reading
*Cruz-Coke, Ricardo. 1984. ''Historia electoral de Chile. 1925-1973''. Editorial Jurídica de Chile. Santiago.
*Gil, Federico. 1969. ''El sistema político de Chile''. Editorial Andrés Bello. Santiago.
*Pereira, Teresa. 1994. ''El Partido Conservador: 1930-1965, ideas, figuras y actitudes''. Editorial Universitaria. Santiago de Chile.
*Sanfuentes Carrión, Marcial. 1957. ''El Partido Conservador''. Editorial Universitaria. Santiago.
Defunct political parties in Chile
Presidential Republic (1925–1973)
Conservative parties in Chile
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