Catholic Flemish People's Party
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The Catholic Flemish People's Party (Dutch: Katholieke Vlaamse Volkspartij, KVV) was a political party within the Catholic Block in Belgium from 1936 until 1945.
History
[edit]The party was formed in 1936 following the defeat of the Catholic Party at the 1936 general elections as a Flemish faction of the party.[1][2] Together with the Francophone Catholic Social Party, the two factions formed the Catholic Bloc. In the 1939 general elections the combined Catholic Bloc won 67 seats. The KVV won a further six seats in the Chamber of Representatives and three seats in the Senate running alone. It did not contest any further elections,[3] as following World War II the two parties merged into the Christian Social Party.
References
[edit]- ^ Jan Erk (2005) Sub-state nationalism and the left–right divide: critical junctures in the formation of nationalist labour movements in Belgium Nations and Nationalism, Vol 11 (4), pp551–570
- ^ Els Witte (2009) Political History of Belgium: From 1830 Onwards Asp/Vubpress/Upa, p199
- ^ KVV Belgian Elections
