Chūgoku Progressive Party Explained

Native Name:中国進歩党
Foundation:1894
Headquarters:Okayama
Country:Japan
Dissolved:February 1896
Merged:Shimpotō
Split:Rikken Kakushintō

The Chūgoku Progressive Party (Chūgoku Shimpotō) was a political party in Japan.

History

The party was established in 1894 by five Okayama-based MPs who had left the Rikken Kakushintō.[1] Led by Inukai Tsuyoshi, it won four seats in the September 1894 elections.

In February 1896 it merged with Rikken Kaishintō, Rikken Kakushintō, Teikoku Zaisei Kakushin-kai and Ōte Club to form Shimpotō.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p458