Liberal Party (historical)

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Liberal Party自由党 Zìyóudǎng 	Liberal Party自由党 Zìyóudǎng
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Leaders 	Chen ShangsunYang QiulaiJin HuanboBao HuangpuLin KuntaiChen WuqingLi Linhuang
Founded 	5 January 1850
Dissolved 	28 June 1892
Merged into 	Democratic League of Craftia
Ideology 	Social liberalismEconomic liberalism
Political position 	Centre
In government (federal) 	1850–18591861–18741878–18801890–1892
Colour 	Yellow
The Liberal Party (LP, known as the Liberals or by its Chinese name, the Ziyoudang or Tzuyutang) was a centrist and liberal political party in the Kingdom of Craftia. It was formed in 1850 by members of the Craftian Liberal Society to contest the inaugural general election in 1850. It sat in the centre of the political spectrum and was the dominant party in parliament until the 1880s. After the invasion of Craftia by the Miners Republic in 1892, the Liberal Party was disbanded and its members formed the Democratic League of Craftia, an underground society that aimed to restore democracy in Craftia. It would eventually achieve this in 1945. The Democratic League became the National Labour Party, who won the election in 1945, making the Liberal Party an indirect (and the earliest) ancestor to the modern-day National United Party.
==Federal party leaders==
No.	Name 	Term 	Term 	Time in office 	Term as Premier/Prime Minister
No.	Name 	Term began 	Term ended 	Time in office 	Term as Premier/Prime Minister
1 	Chen Shangsun	5 January 1850 	17 July 1859 	9 years, 6 months, 13 days (3481 days)	1850–1859
2 	Yang Qiulai 	18 July 1859 	22 September 1873	14 years, 2 months, 5 days (5181 days)	1861–1873
3 	Jin Huanbo 	23 September 1873	14 May 1877 	3 years, 7 months, 22 days (1330 days)	1873–1874
4 	Bao Huangpu 	15 May 1877 	8 December 1880 	3 years, 6 months, 24 days (1304 days)	1878–1880
5 	Lin Kuntai 	9 December 1880 	16 January 1881 	1 month, 8 days (39 days) 	
6 	Chen Wuqing 	17 January 1881 	27 September 1887	6 years, 8 months, 11 days (2445 days)	
7 	Lin Lihuang 	28 September 1887	28 June 1892 	4 years, 10 months, 1 day (1767 days) 	1890–1892
==Federal election results==
Election	Seats won 	± 	Total votes	% 	% 	Swing 	Position	Government 	Leader
1850 	/ <noinclude>	58	 	53.78%	 	53.78%	1st 	Government 	Chen Shangsun
1853 	/ <noinclude>	3 	 	50.56%	 	3.22% 	1st 	Government 	Chen Shangsun
1856 	/ <noinclude>	1 	 	50.98%	 	0.42% 	1st 	Government 	Chen Shangsun
1859 	/ <noinclude>	8 	 	48.69%	 	2.29% 	2nd 	Opposition 	Chen Shangsun
1861 	/ <noinclude>	6 	 	55.09%	 	6.40% 	1st 	Government 	Yang Qiulai
1862 	/ <noinclude>	14	 	57.70%	 	2.61% 	1st 	Government 	Yang Qiulai
1865 	/ <noinclude>	5 	 	58.47%	 	0.77% 	1st 	Government 	Yang Qiulai
1868 	/ <noinclude>	7 	 	52.25%	 	6.22% 	1st 	Government 	Yang Qiulai
1871 	/ <noinclude>	3 	 	49.37%	 	2.88% 	1st 	Government 	Yang Qiulai
1874 	/ <noinclude>	35	 	33.12%	 	15.25%	2nd 	Opposition 	Jin Huanbo
1877 	/ <noinclude>	27	 	46.65%	 	13.53%	2nd 	Opposition 	Bao Huangpu
1878 	/ <noinclude>	3 	 	49.64%	 	2.99% 	1st 	Government 	Bao Huangpu
1880 	/ <noinclude>	7 	 	41.88%	 	7.76% 	2nd 	Opposition 	Bao Huangpu
1882 	/ <noinclude>	5 	 	43.58%	 	1.70% 	2nd 	Opposition 	Chen Wuqing
1884 	/ <noinclude>	1 	 	43.68%	 	0.10% 	2nd 	Opposition 	Chen Wuqing
1885 	/ <noinclude>	4 	 	44.95%	 	1.27% 	2nd 	Opposition 	Chen Wuqing
1887 	/ <noinclude>	5 	 	39.65%	 	5.30% 	2nd 	Opposition 	Chen Wuqing
1890 	/ <noinclude>	3 	 	44.10%	 	4.45% 	1st 	Government(LP C&S)	Li Linhuang