Democratic Party (Spain, 1902)
Democratic Party Partido Democrático | |
|---|---|
| Leader | José Canalejas José López Domínguez Eugenio Montero Ríos |
| Founded | 5 November 1902 (original) 24 November 1903 (as PLD) 2 March 1907 (as PDM) |
| Dissolved | 28 February 1907 (PLD) 10 June 1910 |
| Split from | Liberal Party |
| Merged into | Liberal Party |
| Ideology | Liberalism Monarchism Anti-clericalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
The Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Demócrata, PD), also known between 1903 and 1907 as the Liberal Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal Democrático, PLD) from 1907 onwards as the Monarchist Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Democrático Monárquico, PDM) and, colloquially, as the Democrats (Spanish: Demócratas), was a Spanish political party formed in the Restoration period by José Canalejas, with a strong anti-clerical ideology.