Liberal Union (Netherlands)

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defunct political party liberal party political party

The Liberal Union (Netherlands) was a prominent late-19th- and early-20th-century Dutch liberal political party that played a key role in advancing parliamentary democracy and social reforms.

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Label Occurrences
Liberal Union (Netherlands) canonical 2
Liberal Party (Netherlands, historical) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party ⓘ
liberal party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
advocatedFor civil liberties ⓘ
expansion of suffrage ⓘ
parliamentary control over government ⓘ
social legislation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Liberale Unie ⓘ
colorAssociated light blue ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
dissolved 1921 ⓘ
formedGovernment Cort van der Linden cabinet ⓘ
Goeman Borgesius cabinet ⓘ
Pierson cabinet ⓘ
founded 1885 ⓘ
governmentTypeInfluenced parliamentary democracy in the Netherlands ⓘ
headquartersLocation The Hague ⓘ
ideology liberalism ⓘ
influenced Liberal State Party ⓘ
languageOfName Dutch ⓘ
membershipBase industrialists ⓘ
liberal professionals ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
mergedInto Liberal State Party ⓘ
notableMember Cort van der Linden ⓘ
Hendrik Goeman Borgesius ⓘ
Nicolaas Pierson ⓘ
opposed conservative politics ⓘ
parliamentaryRepresentation House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
Dutch Senate ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
participatedIn Dutch national elections ⓘ
surface form: Dutch general elections
playedRoleIn development of parliamentary democracy in the Netherlands ⓘ
social reforms in the Netherlands ⓘ
politicalPosition centre ⓘ
centre-left ⓘ
politicalTradition Dutch liberalism ⓘ
precededBy various local liberal caucuses ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
representedInterest business interests ⓘ
urban middle class ⓘ
status historical party ⓘ
supported constitutional monarchy ⓘ
education reforms ⓘ
free trade ⓘ
limited state intervention in the economy ⓘ

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Nicolaas Pierson → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Union (Netherlands) ⓘ
Pieter Cort van der Linden → memberOf → Liberal Union (Netherlands) ⓘ
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Union (Netherlands) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Party (Netherlands, historical)