225:, where many representatives were elected as independents and only joined a parliamentary faction after the election. Statistics Norway estimates that candidates affiliated with Samlingspartiet won 32.8% of the vote, and the Liberal Party 49.9%. 75 of the 123 elected MPs joined the Liberal parliamentary group. Several of these, however, had been elected as Coalition Party candidates.
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from the
Coalition Party. In early 1905 the party split with the majority voting in favor of a more actionist line in opposition to Hagerup, causing his government to be replaced by a broad coalition government under Christian Michelsen, in which the Liberal Party also participated. This government
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After the independence of Norway, there were attempts to create a union of all non-socialist parties. But after the union issue had been resolved, internal unity disintegrated, and disputes that had been previously suppressed blossomed. The
Liberal Party declined to be absorbed into the party. The
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Michelsen's cabinet remained in office, as the
Liberal parliamentary faction was not cohesive enough to challenge it, until Michelsen resigned due to ill health in October 1907. By this time, the idea of one, united, non-socialist party was abandoned by the Conservatives, as it was clear that the
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became a contest between the
Liberals and the Coalition Party. Exact figures for the election result are hard to compile, as a new election system was introduced, with single member constituencies and a
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in close cooperation with the
Conservatives, and the name "Coalition Party" remained in use by some local branches of the Conservative Party until the 1930s.
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Liberal Party would not be joining it. The coalition was effectively defunct by 1909, although some former
Liberals under influence of Michelsen formed the
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carried through the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905.
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and independent
Liberals. Its main issues were opposition to the
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Den gylne mellomvegen - Tema frå Venstres historie 1905-1940
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Høyres historie 1: Drømmen om borgerlig samling: 1884-1918
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at www.stortinget.no (Norwegian parliament website)
163:in 1905. The coalition's leading members included
161:dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden
286:"Samlingspartiet – norsk politisk sammenslutning"
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203:, against the Liberals' 49. On 22 October 1903
147:radicalism, as well as to the rising growth of
312:"Christian Michelsen's Government 1905 - 1907"
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183:The Coalition Party went to the polls in the
264:(in Norwegian). Cappelen. pp. 196–209.
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369:Political parties disestablished in 1909
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187:based on its promises to negotiate with
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329:Norwegian Social Science Data Services
359:Political parties established in 1903
404:Defunct political parties in Norway
131:political coalition drawn from the
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384:Defunct liberal political parties
288:(in Norwegian). 14 February 2009.
374:1909 disestablishments in Norway
191:concerning Norwegian rights to
394:Conservative parties in Norway
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364:1903 establishments in Norway
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16:Political party in Norway
389:Liberal conservative parties
379:Defunct conservative parties
159:, which carried through the
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218:1906 parliamentary election
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399:Liberal parties in Norway
231:Free-minded Liberal Party
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205:Hagerup's Second Cabinet
258:Kaartvedt, Alf (1984).
223:plurality voting system
76:Political position
137:Moderate Liberal Party
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173:Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
201:Norwegian Parliament
207:was formed, led by
165:Christian Michelsen
157:Michelsen's Cabinet
169:Wollert Konow (SB)
133:Conservative Party
95:Politics of Norway
325:"Samlingspartiet"
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209:Francis Hagerup
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145:political union
125:Samlingspartiet
117:Coalition Party
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337:. Retrieved
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85:centre-right
65:Conservatism
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339:2015-04-30
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237:References
193:consulates
69:Liberalism
167:himself,
129:Norwegian
121:Norwegian
105:Elections
42:Dissolved
197:republic
127:) was a
60:Unionism
51:Ideology
179:History
34:Founded
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189:Sweden
153:Sweden
135:, the
81:Centre
266:ISBN
171:and
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