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Liberal Party Partido Liberal | |
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 In political campaigns, the Liberal Party often used a torch as their symbol. | |
| Founded | 1849 |
| Dissolved | 11 May 1966 |
| Merger of | Pipiolos andFederalists |
| Merged into | National Party |
| Headquarters | Santiago de Chile |
| Ideology | Liberalism Classical liberalism Economic liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
TheLiberal Party (Spanish:Partido Liberal) was aChileanpolitical party created by a faction ofpipiolos in 1849. After the conservative victory in theChilean Civil War of 1829 the liberals became the principal opposition party to theConservative Party. During the Liberal Party's early history one of its main goal was to create a new constitution to replace theChilean Constitution of 1833. Rigged election helped to prevent the Liberal Party's presidential candidates to be elected until 1861, during that time elements of the liberal party made attempts to overthrow the government, these were theRevolution of 1851 and theRevolution of 1859. These failed insurrections led many liberals to emigrate, among themBenjamín Vicuña Mackenna. In 1863 a group of liberal split off to form theRadical Party which would hold power from 1938 to 1952. Originally ananticlericalist party that championedclassical liberalism, the liberals later became a right-wing party.
In 1966 the Liberal Party joined with their old antagonists, theUnited Conservative Party, to form theNational Party.
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Liberal Party or the pipiolos. (Information gathered from theArchive of Chilean Elections).
