The Liberal Party of Cuba was a major political party in Cuba from 1910 until the Cuban Revolution

Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista between 1953 and 1959. Batista was finally ousted on 1 January 1959, and was replaced by a revolutionary government led by Castro...

 the late 1950s.

History

The party first contested elections in 1910, when it won 23 of the 41 seats in mid-term elections

Cuban parliamentary election, 1914

Mid-term parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1914 in order to fill half the seats in the House of Representatives, as well as a single seat in the Senate. The National Conservative Party was the biggest winner, taking 22 of the 49 House seats and the sole Senate seat.-House of...

. They lost the 1912 elections

Cuban general election, 1912

General elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1912. Mario García Menocal won the presidential election running under the Conjunción Patriótica banner , whilst the alliance also emerged as the largest faction in the House of Representatives, winning 26 of the 50 seats.-President:-Senate:-House of...

 to the Conjunción Patriótica allince, and went on to finish second in elections in 1914

Cuban parliamentary election, 1914

Mid-term parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1914 in order to fill half the seats in the House of Representatives, as well as a single seat in the Senate. The National Conservative Party was the biggest winner, taking 22 of the 49 House seats and the sole Senate seat.-House of...

, 1916

Cuban general election, 1916

General elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1916. Mario García Menocal was re-elected in the presidential election, whilst the National Conservative Party and the Liberal Party both won 27 seats in the House of Representatives.-Senate:...

 (in which they won the same number of seats in the House of Representatives as the National Conservative Party, but won fewer seats in the Senate) and 1918

Cuban parliamentary election, 1918

Mid-term parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1918 in order to fill half the seats in the House of Representatives. The National Conservative Party was the biggest winner, taking 33 of the 61 seats.-Results:...

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In the 1920 elections

Cuban general election, 1920

General elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1920. Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso won the presidential election, whilst the National League emerged as the largest faction in the House of Representatives, winning 31 of the 59 seats.-President:Note that these figures do not include the results for...

, the Liberal Party's Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso won the presidential election, although the party lost the parliamentary elections to the National League. They went on to win the mid-term elections

Cuban parliamentary election, 1922

Mid-term parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1922 in order to fill half the seats in the House of Representatives. The Liberal Party was the biggest winner, taking 28 of the 57 seats.-Results:...

 in 1922. For the 1924 elections

Cuban general election, 1924

General elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1924. Gerardo Machado won the presidential election running under the Liberal-Popular Coalition banner, whilst the coalition also emerged as the largest faction in the House of Representatives, winning 31 of the 53 seats...

 the party formed an alliance with the Cuban Popular Party. The alliance's Gerardo Machado

Gerardo Machado

Gerardo Machado y Morales was President of Cuba and a general of the Cuban War of Independence...

 won the presidential election, whilst it also won both the Senate and House elections.

In 1928 elections for a Constitutional Assembly

Cuban Constitutional Assembly election, 1928

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Cuba on 5 March 1928. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 29 of the 55 seats.-Results:...

 were held, in which the party won 29 of the 55 seats. The party also won the mid-term elections in 1930

Cuban parliamentary election, 1930

Mid-term parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1930 in order to fill half the seats in the House of Representatives, as well as 24 seats in the Senate. The Liberal Party was the biggest winner, taking 28 of the 59 seats in the House and 18 of the 24 seats in the...

 and 1932

Cuban parliamentary election, 1932

Mid-term parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1932 in order to fill half the seats in the House of Representatives. The Liberal Party was the biggest winner, taking 35 of the 69 seats.-Results:...

. For the 1936 general election

Cuban general election, 1936

General elections were held in Cuba on 10 January 1936. Miguel Mariano Gómez of the Tripartate Coalition won the presidential election, whilst the Coalition also emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 67.1%.-President:-Senate:-House of Representatives:...

 the party was part of the Tripartate Coalition, alongside the Nationalist Union and Republican Action, which won both the presidential election (with Miguel Mariano Gómez

Miguel Mariano Gómez

Miguel Mariano Gómez y Arias , was a Cuban politician who served as President of Cuba for seven months in 1936....

 as its candidate) and the parliamentary elections. The Liberal Party went on to win the 1938 mid-term elections

Cuban parliamentary election, 1938

Mid-term parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 5 March 1938 in order to fill half the seats in the Senate and House of Representatives. The Liberal Party was the biggest winner, taking 25 of the 83 seats in the House. Voter turnout was 44.2%....

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In the 1940 general elections the party was again part of an alliance, the People's Socialist Coalition, alongside the Communist Revolutionary Union, Progressive Action, the Democratic National Association and the Republican Democratic Party. The alliance's Fulgencio Batista

Fulgencio Batista

Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was the United States-aligned Cuban President, dictator and military leader who served as the leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1944 and from 1952 to 1959, before being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution....

 won the presidential election, whilst the Liberal Party finished second in the House of Representatives elections. The party won 21 seats in the 1942 mid-term elections

Cuban parliamentary election, 1942

Parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 15 March 1942. The Liberal Party and the Democratic Party both won 21 seats in the House of Representatives.-Results:...

, matched by the Democratic Party.

The 1944 general election

Cuban general election, 1944

General elections were held in Cuba on 1 June 1944. Ramón Grau San Martín won the presidential election running under the Auténtico-Republican Alliance banner, whilst the Partido Auténtico emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 19 of the 70...

 saw the party finish second in the House of Representative elections, with a similar performance in the 1946 mid-term elections

Cuban parliamentary election, 1946

Parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 June 1946. The Partido Auténtico emerged as the largest party, with 30 of the 66 seats in the House of Representatives.-Results:...

. For the 1948 general election

Cuban general election, 1948

General elections were held in Cuba on 1 June 1948. Carlos Prío Socarrás won the presidential election running under the Auténtico-Republican Alliance banner, whilst the Partido Auténtico emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 29 of the 70 seats. Voter turnout was...

 the party put forward a joint candidate with the Democratic Party, but lost to the Auténtico

Partido Auténtico

The Partido Auténtico was a political party in Cuba most active between 1933 to 1952...

-Republican's Carlos Prío Socarrás

Carlos Prío Socarrás

Carlos Prío Socarrás was the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held.- Governance :...

. The party also finished second in the parliamentary elections.

An alliance with the Democratic Party and the Partido Auténtico

Partido Auténtico

The Partido Auténtico was a political party in Cuba most active between 1933 to 1952...

 won the 1950 mid-term elections

Cuban parliamentary election, 1950

Parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 June 1950. The Partido Auténtico-Democratic Party-Liberal Party alliance won 42 of the 66 seats.-Results:...

. However, for the 1954 elections

Cuban general election, 1954

General elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1954. Fulgencio Batista won the presidential election running under the National Progressive Coalition banner, whilst the main opposition candidate, Ramón Grau San Martín, withdrew his candidacy before election day. Progressive Action emerged as the...

 the party allied against the Partido Auténtico alongside Progressive Action, the Radical Union and the Republican Democratic Party, putting forward the victorious Batista as their presidential candidate. The Liberal Party finished second in the House elections behind Progressive Action.

The modern party is a member of Liberal International

Liberal International

Liberal International is a political international federation for liberal parties. Its headquarters is located at 1 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2HD within the National Liberal Club. It was founded in Oxford in 1947, and has become the pre-eminent network for liberal parties and for the...

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