Liberal League (Finland)
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Liberal League | |
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| Finnish name | Vapaamielisten liitto |
| Swedish name | De Frisinnades Förbund |
| Abbreviation | VL |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Dissolved | 1965 |
| Split from | National Progressive Party |
| Merged into | Liberals |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
Liberal League(Finnish:Vapaamielisten liitto,VL;Swedish:De Frisinnades Förbund) was a Finnishliberalpolitical party.VL existed from 1951 until 1965.
The party was founded in spring 1951 by the minority ofNational Progressive Party,led by Helsinki group, as the party finished its existence. Most of the former Progressive party members joined thePeople's Party of Finland.
VL included among others MPRolf B. Berner,ministerTeuvo Auraand the director of theBank of Finlandand once PM,Sakari Tuomioja.VL was heir to National Progressive Party seat in theLiberal International– People's Party was not accepted into the International as a result.
VL proposedSakari Tuomiojaas candidate for1956 presidential elections.He was also supported byNational Coalition Party.Tuomioja eventually lost the race toUrho Kekkonen,theAgrarian Leaguecandidate and a favourite of Moscow.
In 1965, the VL merged with the People's Party intoLiberal People's Party,which was founded December 29, 1965; theEduskuntafactions also merged.
Elections
[edit]| Results | |||
| Parliamentary | |||
| Year | MPs | Votes | |
| 1951 | 0 | 4,936 | 0.27% |
| 1954 | 0 | 6,810 | 0.34% |
| 1958 | 0 | 6,242 | 0.32% |
| 1962 | 1 | 12,000 | 0.52% |
| Presidential | |||
| Vuosi | Candidate / Electors | Äänet | |
| 1956 | Sakari Tuomioja/ 3 | 32,662 | 1.7% |
| 1962 | 1 | 7,898 | 0.4% |
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