Caledonia Together is a New Caledonia

New Caledonia

New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...

n political party established on 14 October 2008 as a split from Future Together

Future Together

The Future Together is a center-right political party in New Caledonia supporting the maintenance of political and administrative ties with France....

 led by Philippe Gomès

Philippe Gomès

Philippe Gomès is a New Caledonian politician and, from 5 June 2009 to 11 March 2011, President of the Government of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean....

. It is centrist and it is opposed to independence.

Future Together

Future Together

The Future Together is a center-right political party in New Caledonia supporting the maintenance of political and administrative ties with France....

, a centrist party founded in 2004 split in 2008. This split started in the 2007 legislative election

French legislative election, 2007

The French legislative elections took place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the French presidential election run-off on 6 May. 7,639 candidates stood for 577 seats, including France's overseas possessions...

, when Gomès ran in New Caledonia's 1st constituency

New Caledonia's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of New Caledonia is a French legislative constituency in New Caledonia.Between 1958 and 1962, the constituency represented the entirety of the New Hebrides condominium and the constituency represented the entirety of New Caledonia until a redistricting in 1978 created the 2nd...

 despite Didier Leroux being supposed to run. Though both ran, and both polled 14%, they got third and fourth leaving the RPCR candidate Gaël Yanno

Gaël Yanno

Gaël Yanno is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the island of New Caledonia, with Pierre Frogier, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He is a member of the commission of finance, general economy and budgetary control. He has been elected in June,...

 against the candidate of the nationalist FLNKS, which Yanno easily defeated. Martin was also defeated running the New Caledonia's 2nd constituency

New Caledonia's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of New Caledonia is a French legislative constituency in New Caledonia.The second constituency was created in a redistricting in 1978. Between 1978 and a new redistricting in 1986, the second constituency represented the ethnically diverse western shore of the main island, but...

. Poor results in the 2008 local elections

French municipal elections, 2008

The French municipal elections of 2008 were held on 9 March in that year to elect the municipal councils of France's 36,782 communes...

, including the capital, Nouméa

Nouméa

Nouméa is the capital city of the French territory of New Caledonia. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian , Indonesian, and Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians,...

, precipitated an open split between Gomès on one side and Martin-Leroux on the other. In 2008, Gomès and 12 Future Together Congressmen and women (including Thémereau) formed Caledonia Together.

In the 2009 provincial elections

New Caledonian legislative election, 2009

Parliamentary elections were held in New Caledonia on 10 May 2009. Voters in New Caledonia chose 76 candidates for the French territory's three provincial assemblies. Fifty-four of these 76 members were also to become members of the Congress of New Caledonia...

, the party placed second, ahead of Future Together but behind The Rally-UMP, and won 14.80% and 10 seats.