Liberal Democratic Party (Chile, 1893)

Liberal Democratic Party
Partido Liberal Democrático
Founded5 November 1893
Dissolved1933
Split fromLiberal Party
Merged intoLiberal Party
HeadquartersSantiago
IdeologyBalmacedism
Liberalism
Political positionCentre

The Liberal Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal Democrático, PLD), also called Balmacedists, was a liberal party in Chile. It was one of the main actors of the Chilean parliamentary system from 1891 to 1925.[1]

  1. ^ Alejandro San Francisco (2003). "La Gran Convención del Partido Liberal Democrático en 1893. Un hito en la reorganización del balmacedismo después de la Guerra Civil chilena de 1891". Historia (Santiago) (in Spanish). Historia. Volumen 36. Universidad Católica: 333–377.