Conservative Party (Chile)

Conservative Party
Partido Conservador
Founded1836
Dissolved1948
Merger ofPelucones, O'Higginistas and Estanqueros
Succeeded byTraditionalist Conservative Party
HeadquartersSantiago de Chile
IdeologyConservatism (Chile)
Clericalism
Political positionRight-wing
ReligionCatholicism

The Conservative Party (in Spanish: Partido Conservador, PCon) of Chile was one of the principal Chilean political parties since its foundation in 1836 until 1948, when it broke apart. In 1953 it reformed as the United Conservative Party and in 1966 joined with the Liberal Party to form the National Party. The Conservative Party was a right-wing party, originally created to be the clericalist, pro-Catholic Church group.