Traditionalist Conservative Party Explained

Traditionalist Conservative Party
Native Name:Partido Conservador Tradicionalista
Foundation:1948
Dissolution:1953
Headquarters:Santiago de Chile
Predecessor:Conservative Party
Merged:United Conservative Party
Ideology:Conservatism (Chile)
Traditionalism
Anti-communism
Position:Right-wing
Religion:Catholicism
Country:Chile

The Traditionalist Conservative Party (Spanish: Partido Conservador Tradicionalista, PCT) was a right-wing political party in Chile founded in 1948 when the Conservative Party split into two factions. It participated in the coalition called National Concentration in the government of President Gabriel González Videla.

From 12 to 15 August 1950, the party held its first and only National Convention.[1] On 15 December 1953 as a result of the merger with a faction of the Social Christian Conservative Party, it was renamed the United Conservative Party.

Electoral results

Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Traditionalist Conservative Party. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).

Arturo Matte (lost)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El Partido conservador: 1930-1965, ideas, figuras y actitudes. Teresa Pereira. 1994. December 15, 2014. Memoria Chilena.
  2. Cruz-Coke, Ricardo. 1984. Historia electoral de Chile. 1925-1973. Editorial Jurídica de Chile. Santiago