Liberal Party of Cuba
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Liberal Party of Cuba
Partido Liberal de Cuba |
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| Founded | 1878 |
| Dissolved | March 11, 1952 |
| Succeeded by |
National Liberal Party (not legal successor) |
| Headquarters | Havana |
| Ideology | Liberalism (Cuba) |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Colors | Blue |
The Liberal Party of Cuba (Spanish: Partido Liberal de Cuba, PLC), officially named Autonomist Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal Autonomista, PLA) from 1878 to 1898, was one of major parties from 1910 until the Cuban Revolution the late 1950s, when it was exiled.
The party first contested elections in 1910, when it won 23 of the 41 seats in mid-term elections. They lost the 1912 elections to the Conjunción Patriótica alliance, and went on to finish second in elections in 1914, 1916 (in which they won the same number of seats in the House of Representatives as the National Conservative Party, but won fewer seats in the Senate) and 1918.
In the 1920 elections, the Liberal Party's Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso won the presidential election, although the party lost the parliamentary elections to the National League. They went on to win the mid-term elections in 1922. For the 1924 elections the party formed an alliance with the Cuban Popular Party. The alliance's Gerardo Machado won the presidential election, whilst it also won both the Senate and House elections.
In 1928 elections for a Constitutional Assembly were held, in which the party won 29 of the 55 seats. The party also won the mid-term elections in 1930 and 1932. For the 1936 general election the party was part of the Tripartate Coalition, alongside the Nationalist Union and Republican Action, which won both the presidential election (with Miguel Mariano Gómez as its candidate) and the parliamentary elections. The Liberal Party went on to win the 1938 mid-term elections.
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