Unionist Party

Unionist Party may refer to:

United Kingdom

  • Conservative and Unionist Party, the formal name of the Conservative Party
  • Liberal Unionist Party, existed from 1886 to 1912
    • Unionist government, 1895–1905, a coalition government of the two parties

Northern Ireland

Current organisations

  • Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland
  • Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), the smaller and more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland
  • Progressive Unionist Party (PUP), minor loyalist party formed in 1979
  • Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV), minor loyalist party formed in 2007
  • Ulster Unionist Labour Association (or Labour Unionist Party)

Defunct organisations

Scotland

  • Unionist Party (Scotland), centre-right party which existed between 1912 and 1965, the dominant force in Scottish politics until the late 1950s
  • Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, the full name of the party since 1965 more often called the Scottish Conservative Party
  • Scottish Unionist Party (1986), Scottish minor party of traditionalist Unionists disillusioned with the Conservative government's signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement

India (under British rule)

  • Unionist Party (Punjab), a major political party in the former Punjab Province until 1947

Canada

  • Unionist Party (Canada), existed from 1917 to 1920
  • Unionest Party

Croatia

  • Unionist Party (Kingdom of Croatia), existed from 1861 to 1918

Denmark

Faroe Islands

  • Union Party (Faroe Islands)

Greenland

  • Unionist Party (Greenland)

Egypt

Guatemala

  • Unionist Party (Guatemala, 1920)
  • Unionist Party (Guatemala)

Nicaragua

South Africa

  • Unionist Party (South Africa)

Thailand

Tunisia

United States

  • Union Party (United States, 1850), organized in several Lower South states to support the Compromise of 1850
  • Constitutional Union Party (United States), a group of ex-Whigs who supported John Bell in the 1860 United States presidential election
  • Unionist politician (American Civil War), various state parties organized in the border states during the American Civil War to oppose secession
  • Unconditional Union Party, abolitionist party in several border states during the American Civil War
  • National Union Party (United States), a coalition of Republicans and War Democrats that supported Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 United States presidential election

See also

  • Unionism (disambiguation)
  • Unionist (disambiguation)
  • Separatism
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