United Party of Sierra

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United Party of Sierra	United Party of Sierra
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Founded 	16 September 1946
Dissolved 	17 November 1994
Succeeded by 	Conservative Party
Ideology 	Conservative liberalismSocial conservatismAgrarianismCentrism
Political position 	Centre-right
Colour 	Teal
The United Party of Sierra was the branch of the United Party operating in Sierra, Enderron.
At the prefectural level, the United Party was one of the two major political parties in Sierran politics, along with the Social Democratic Party of Sierra, for most of the second half of the 20th century. It won 12 consecutive elections between 1946 and 1992, and held office almost continuously throughout this period, only being out of government between April 1975 and May 1976. As a result, Sierra was generally regarded as having a dominant-party system, commonly referred to by Sierrans as a "one-and-a-half party system". From the 
==Party leaders==
No. 	Name 	Term began 	Term ended 	Time in office
align="centre"	William Vickery	9 November 1946 	11 October 1950 	
align="centre"	Martin Stacey 	11 October 1950 	3 March 1959 	
align="centre"	Frank Robinson 	3 March 1959 	29 November 1965 	
align="centre"	Tom Townsend 	29 November 1965 	25 September 1979	
align="centre"	Nicholas Pilsen	25 September 1979	8 August 1981 	
align="centre"	Paul Nevin 	8 August 1981 	2 March 1984 	
align="centre"	Hugh Saracino 	2 March 1984 	30 May 1992 	
align="centre"	Rob Baker 	30 May 1992 	17 November 1994 	
===Deputy party leaders===
#Gordon Evett (1946–1948)
#Martin Stacey (1948–1950)
#John Harlow (1950–1955)
#Frank Robinson (1955–1959)
#Dominic Walsh (1959–1965)
#Terry Marr (1965–1966, 1972–1975)
#Paul Coombes (1966–1972)
#Nicholas Pilsen (1975–1979)
#Mike McPherson (1979–1984)
#Steve Peters (1984–1989)
#Harry Deluca (1989–1992)
#Ruth Wagner (1992–1994)
==Election results==
===Prefectural Assembly===
Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	%	Position	Status 	Leader
1946 	/ 	New	 	 	1st 	Majority government 	William Vickery
1950 	/ 	1 	 	 	1st 	Majority government 	William Vickery
1952 	/ 	0 	 	 	1st 	Majority government 	Martin Stacey
1956 	/ 	1 	 	 	1st 	Minority government 	Martin Stacey
1960 	/ 	1 	 	 	1st 	Majority government 	Frank Robinson
1964 	/ 	1 	 	 	1st 	Majority government 	Frank Robinson
1968 	/ 	2 	 	 	1st 	Minority government 	Tom Townsend
1972 	/ 	1 	 	 	1st 	Minority government 	Tom Townsend
1976 	/ 	3 	 	 	1st 	Majority government 	Tom Townsend
1980 	/ 	4 	 	 	2nd 	Coalition government	Nicholas Pilsen
1984 	/ 	2 	 	 	2nd 	Coalition government	Hugh Saracino
1988 	/ 	1 	 	 	2nd 	Coalition government	Hugh Saracino
1992 	/ 	5 	 	 	3rd 	Crossbench 	Hugh Saracino