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Resistance Party Parti de la Résistance | |
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| Leader | Casimir Périer Adolphe Thiers François Guizot |
| Founded | 1832; 193 years ago (1832) |
| Dissolved | 1848; 177 years ago (1848) |
| Merger of | Doctrinaires |
| Merged into | Party of Order |
| Newspaper | Journal des débats La Presse |
| Ideology | Conservatism[1] Liberal conservatism[2] Orléanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Blue |
TheResistance Party (French:Parti de la Résistance) was a centre-right conservative Orléanistpolitical group during theJuly Monarchy.[3]
The party sat on thecentre-right of theChamber of Deputies, to the left of theLegitimists, but to the right of therepublican opposition, the centre-leftMovement Party and thecentristThird Party.
The Resistance Party came to power withCasimir Pierre Périer in 1831 and would remain there essentially until the end of the reign. At the head of the government since March 1831, Périer brought in the army against theLyons canuts. This revolt took place in the working-class districts of Lyons. The rioters brandished the black flag by chanting "live by working or dying while fighting".
After the death of Périer in 1832, his associateFrançois Guizot became the party leader. He imposed a peaceful foreign policy and a conservative domestic policy. This government was unpopular in 1840 because to consolidate the regime the government did not hesitate to corrupt parliament. In theelections of 1842, the Guizot government imposed itself by a favorable economic situation.
However, the tension between workers and industrialists became too strong and revolts exploded. KingLouis Philippe I removed Guizot from power in 1847.Louis-Mathieu Molé was appointed briefly asPrime Minister, attempting to repress therevolution, but he failed. Themonarchy was abolished and the newFrench Republic was born in 1848.
Many members of the Resistance Party, like other parliamentary groups under the July Monarchy, merged in theParty of Order, aconservative expression in the new regime.
The Resistance Party believed that theliberal cause had been fulfilled by theCharter of 1830. The party envisioned theJuly Revolution as a means to restore order and legality after thecoup d'état ofCharles X, rather than as a radical break from the existing order. Their governments supported amoderate andbourgeois policy, retaining thecensal system and holding alaissez-faire economic stance. The party did back some progressive measures such as the school law of 1833, which establishedfree public education for the poor.
| Chamber of Deputies | ||||||
| Election year | No. of overall votes | % of overall vote | No. of overall seats won | +/– | Leader | |
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| 1834 | 89,885 (1st) | 69.5 | 320 / 460 |  38 | ||
| 1837 | 20,937 (3rd) | 13.8 | 64 / 464 |  135 | ||
| 1839 | 87,352 (2nd) | 43.4 | 199 / 459 | 67 | ||
| 1842 | Unknown (1st) | 58.0 | 266 / 459 | 37 | ||
| 1846 | 155,718 (1st) | 63.3 | 290 / 459 | 24 | ||
... the 'party of the resistance' described the conservative Orleanists who opposed the July Monarchy. ...
Sophie Kerignard; Laurent Colantonio; Véronique Fau-Vincenti; Alice Primi (2004).100 fiches d'histoire du xixe siècle. Vol. l'Histoire de France, Larousse. Editions Bréal.
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