Progressive Party (South Africa)
Defunct political party in apartheid-era South Africa. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Progressive Party (Afrikaans: Progressiewe Party) was a liberal party in South Africa which, during the era of apartheid, was considered the left wing of the all-white parliament. The party represented the legal opposition to apartheid within South Africa's white minority. It opposed the ruling National Party's racial policies, and championed the rule of law.[1] For 13 years, its only member of parliament was Helen Suzman.[2] It was later renamed the Progressive Reform Party in 1975, and then Progressive Federal Party in 1977. The modern Democratic Alliance considers the party to be its earliest predecessor.[3]
Progressive Party | |
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Leader | Colin Eglin |
Founded | 1959 |
Dissolved | 1975 |
Split from | United Party |
Merged into | Progressive Reform Party |
Ideology | Liberalism Anti-apartheid |
Political position | Centre-left |
The Progressive Party of South Africa is not to be confused with the much earlier Progressive Party of the Cape Colony, which was founded on very different, pro-imperialist policies and which became the "Union Party" in 1908.[4]