Eastern Liberal Party

Eastern Liberal Party

東洋自由党
Eastern Liberal Party 東洋自由党
Founder	Ōi Kentarō
Founded	1891
Dissolved	November 1893
Split from	Liberal Party
	Politics of Japan; Political parties; Elections;

The Eastern Liberal Party (Japanese: 東洋自由党, Tōyō Jiyūtō) was a political party in Japan.

History

The Eastern Liberal Party was established by Ōi Kentarō in 1891 as a breakaway from the Liberal Party after a dispute between Ōi and Hoshi Tōru; it initially had four members of the Diet.^[1] Whilst adopting a hawkish foreign policy and calling for an increase in military spending, the party also supported widening the electoral franchise and protecting workers' rights.^[1]

The party was dissolved in November 1893.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp494–495

[HF-1] Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp494–495

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