This article gives an overview of liberal and radical parties in Chile. It is limited to liberal and radical parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.

Introduction

Liberalism was organized as the traditional opposition to conservatism in Chile. In the 1860s radical liberals formed the radical current. Traditional liberalism disappeared in the 1960s into conservatism and radicalism developed into social democracy, leaving liberalism unrepresented. Originally the Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Social-Democráta, member SI) was a left of center liberal party, but nowadays it is a social democratic party.

The timeline

Liberal Party

• 1846: The Liberal Party (Partido Liberal) is formed
• 1861: A radical faction formed the ⇒ Radical Party
• 1876: A faction formed the ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party
• 1886: A faction formed the ⇒ Doctrinary Liberal Party
• 1892: The Liberal Party and the ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party re-united, but a left-wing faction formed a second ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party
• 1920: Dissidents seceded as the ⇒ Unionist Liberal
• 1931: Another faction formed the ⇒ United Liberal Party
• 1933: The ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party and the ⇒ Doctrinary Liberal Party merged into the Liberal Party
• 1966: The party merged into the new National Party (Partido Nacional)

Radical Party

• 1861: A radical faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Radical Party (Partido Radical)
• 1887: The socialist Democratic Party seceded from the party
• 1946: A moderate faction formed the ⇒ Radical Democratic Party
• 1949: The ⇒ Radical Democrat Party rejoined the party
• 1969: In reaction to social democratic tendencies a moderate faction seceded as ⇒ Radical Democracy
• 1971: A moderate faction of the party formed the ⇒ Left Radical Party
• 1993: The party, abandoning definitively its liberal profile, is renamed Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Social Democráta)

Liberal Democratic Party (1987)

• 1876: A faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Liberal Democratic Party (Partido Liberal Democrático)
• 1892: The party rejoined the⇒ Liberal Party

Doctrinary Liberal Party

• 1886: A faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Doctrinary Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Doctrinario)
• 1933: The party rejoined the ⇒ Liberal Party

Liberal Democratic Party (1892)

• 1892: A left-wing faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Liberal Democratic Party (Partido Liberal Democrático)
• 1933: The party rejoined the ⇒ Liberal Party

Unionist Liberal

• 1920: Dissidents from the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Unionist Liberal (Liberal Unionista)
• 1927: The party didn't survive the 1927 dictatorship

United Liberal Party

• 1931: A faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the United Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Unido)
• 1933: The party rejoined the ⇒ Liberal Party

Radical Democratic Party

• 1946: A moderate faction of the ⇒ Radical Party formed the Radical Democratic Party (Partido Radical Democrático)
• 1949: The Radical Democratic Party rejoined the ⇒ Radical Party

Radical Democracy

• 1969: In reaction to social democratic tendencies in the ⇒ Radical Party a moderate faction seceded as Radical Democracy (Democracia Radical)
• 1973: The party didn't survive the 1973 dictatorship

Left Radical Party

• 1971: A moderate faction of the ⇒ Radical Party formed the Left Radical Party (Partido Izquierda Radical)
• 1973: The party didn't survive the 1973 dictatorship

Liberal leaders

• Partido Liberal: Arturo Alessandri Palma

Reference

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See also

• History of Chile
• Politics of Chile
• List of political parties in Chile