Leander Starr Jameson (1853-1917), First President of the Unionist Party (1910-1912)
The Unionist Party (Dutch: Unionist Party, Dutch: Unionist Party) was a South African party, representing the interests of the white English middle class. History
The forerunner of the Unionist Party was the Pro-British Progressive Party in the Cape Colony. This party was founded in 1903 by Leander Starr Jameson (1853-1917). Jameson became Prime Minister of the Cape Colony in 1904 and remained in 1909. In 1910, the Progressive Party was transformed into the Unionist Party of the Cape Colony. In the same year, the Cape Unionist Party and the spirit-related Constitutional Party of Orange Free State fused to the Unionist Party of the newly formed Union of South Africa. Jameson was the first president of the Unionist Party from 1910 to 1912. At the first South African parliamentary elections (1910), the Unionist Party became the second party behind the South African Party (South African Party), a pro-Afrikaner party led by Louis Botha, the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, Africa would be. Partly due to the advancement efforts of Botha, and his successor as prime minister (1919) and party mate Jan Smuts to the white English speakers, the Unionist Party did not succeed in becoming the largest in successive elections. In 1921, the Unionist Party did not succeed in conquering seats in the South African parliament. In 1924, the SAP and the Unionist Party made an election alliance (cartel) in order to prevent an election victory of the Nationalist Afrikaner National Party (National Party) and its ally, the Labor Party. This did not succeed.
In 1934, under pressure from global depression, the SAP and the Unionist Party merged into the United Nations South African Party / United National South African Party (United Party). Also see
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