United Party (South Africa)

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The United Party (South Africa) was a major mid-20th-century South African political party that promoted a more moderate alternative to hardline apartheid policies before being eclipsed by the National Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
dissolved 1977 ⓘ
electoralStatus official opposition in Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
endTimeOfElectoralStatus 1977 ⓘ
endTimeOfHeldOffice 1948 ⓘ
foundedBy J. B. M. Hertzog ⓘ
Jan Smuts ⓘ
hasPart United Party (Cape Province) ⓘ
United Party (Natal) ⓘ
United Party (Orange Free State) ⓘ
United Party (Transvaal) ⓘ
hasPoliticalProgramme gradual reform of racial policies within existing segregation framework ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cape Town ⓘ
heldOffice governing party of South Africa ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
ideology South African liberalism ⓘ
liberal conservatism ⓘ
inception 1934 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
leader De Villiers Graaff ⓘ
J. G. N. Strauss ⓘ
Jan Smuts ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
mergedFrom National Party (South Africa, 1914) ⓘ
South African Party ⓘ
namedAfter unity government ⓘ
notableMember Colin Eglin ⓘ
De Villiers Graaff ⓘ
Harry Lawrence ⓘ
J. G. N. Strauss ⓘ
Jan Smuts ⓘ
opposedBy National Party (South Africa, 1914) ⓘ
Progressive Party (South Africa) ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-right ⓘ
positionOnApartheid accepted many segregationist policies while opposing extreme apartheid measures ⓘ
advocated more moderate racial policies than the National Party ⓘ
precededBy National Party (South Africa, 1914) ⓘ
South African Party ⓘ
reasonForDissolution declining electoral support and internal divisions ⓘ
shortName UP ⓘ
significantEvent defeat by National Party in 1948 general election ⓘ
formation through fusion of South African Party and National Party in 1934 ⓘ
startTimeOfElectoralStatus 1948 ⓘ
startTimeOfHeldOffice 1934 ⓘ
succeededBy New Republic Party ⓘ
Progressive Federal Party ⓘ
supportedBy many white English-speaking South Africans ⓘ

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J. B. M. Hertzog → memberOf → United Party (South Africa) ⓘ
Jan Smuts → memberOf → United Party (South Africa) ⓘ
United Party (South Africa) → hasPart → United Party (Natal) ⓘ
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United Party (South Africa) → hasPart → United Party (Transvaal) ⓘ
linked to: United Party (South Africa)
United Party (South Africa) → hasPart → United Party (Cape Province) ⓘ
linked to: United Party (South Africa)
United Party (South Africa) → hasPart → United Party (Orange Free State) ⓘ
linked to: United Party (South Africa)
United Party (South Africa) → alsoKnownAs → Verenigde Party ⓘ
subject linked to: United Party
linked to: United Party (South Africa)
National Party caucus in Parliament → opposedBy → United Party (South Africa) ⓘ
J. G. N. Strauss → memberOf → United Party (South Africa) ⓘ
Harry Lawrence → memberOfPoliticalParty → United Party (South Africa) ⓘ
Ossewabrandwag → opposedBy → United Party (South Africa) ⓘ
Nico van der Merwe → founderOf → United Party (South Africa) ⓘ
UP → originatedFromMergerOf → South African Party ⓘ
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