Liberal Alliance (Chile)

After the 1891 Chilean Civil War and the dissolution of the coalition between conservatives, radicals and anti-balmacedist liberals the Radical Party, the Democrat Party and several liberal organizations formed the Liberal Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Liberal). It was the main opposer of the Coalition. Along with the Coalition, it was one of the two parties of the bipartisan system of that period, the era of the Chilean parliamentary republic. The Alliance would later be called the Liberal Union, during a period in which it was a union of the radicals, the democrats, and all liberal groups (liberals, liberal democrats, nationals and the doctrinary liberals). It dissolved in 1925.

Poster supporting Liberal Alliance candidate Arturo Alessandri in the 1920 Chilean presidential election

Presidential candidacies supported by the Liberal Alliance

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Electoral Results (1891-1924)

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Members of the parliament

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Year of election of parliament members 1891 1894 1897 1900 1903 1906 1909 1912 1915 1918 1921 1924
Liberal Alliance 54 66 26 42 38 53 52 62 53 67 68 75
Coalition 40 28 68 52 56 41 43 56 65 51 48 43
Max number of parliament seats 94 94 94 94 94 94 95 118 118 118 116 118

Senators

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Year of election of senators 1891 1894 1897 1900 1903 1906 1909 1912 1915 1918 1921 1924
Liberal Alliance 23 22 14 16 9 7 17 18 21 24 24 23
Coalition 9 10 18 16 23 22 15 19 16 13 13 14
Max number of senators 32 32 32 32 32 29 32 37 37 37 37 37

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Arturo Alessandri". Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia (6th ed.). 2021 – via EBSCOHost.

Sources

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The original version of this article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia, which was accessed in the version of 8 June 2007.