Caledonia Together | |
Native Name: | Calédonie ensemble |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
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Leader: | Philippe Gomès |
Leader2 Title: | General Secretary |
Leader2 Name: | Philip Michael |
Leader3 Title: | Vice Presidents |
Leader3 Name: | Philippe Dunoyer Gerard Poadja Hélène Iekawé |
Headquarters: | 2 bis, Boulevard Vauban - Centre Ville, 98800 Nouméa |
Position: | Centre to centre-right[1] |
National: | Union of Democrats and Independents |
Seats1 Title: | Seats in the Congress |
Seats2 Title: | Seats in the South Province |
Seats3 Title: | Seats in the North Province |
Country: | New Caledonia |
Caledonia Together (fr|Calédonie ensemble) is a political party in New Caledonia. The party was established on 14 October 2008 as a split from Future Together led by Philippe Gomès.[2] The party is centrist and opposed to independence.[3] [4]
Future Together, a centrist party founded in 2004, split in 2008. The split started in the 2007 legislative election, when Gomès ran in New Caledonia's 1st constituency although Didier Leroux was supposed to run. Though both ran, and both polled 14%, respectively third and fourth, leaving the RPCR candidate Gaël Yanno against the candidate of the nationalist Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLINKS), which Yanno easily defeated. Martin was also defeated running the New Caledonia's 2nd constituency. Poor results in the 2008 local elections, including the capital, Nouméa, precipitated an open split between Gomès on one side and Martin-Leroux on the other. In 2008, Gomès and 12 Future Together Congressmen and women (including Thémereau) formed Caledonia Together.
In the 2014 provincial elections, the party placed first, along with the other 2 anti-independence parties winning 29 of 54 seats in congress, 13 of which for Caledonia Together.[5] [6]
2009 | 16,253 | 16.83 | ||||
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2014 | 24,863 | 23.31 | 3 | |||
2019 | 15,948 | 14.48 | 8 |