The party was founded on February 17, 1917. In the elections of 1918 the party won one seat. It had campaigned with two lists, one religious list and one secular list, in order to appeal to both religious and secular farmers. During the First World War the Netherlands, a neutral country, had to rely on its own agriculture. Government influence in agriculture had increased, to the unhappiness of many farmers. The party's seat was taken by Frederik Bos. Between 1918 and 1919 the League cooperated in the neutral parliamentary party, with other four one or two seat parties, namely the Alliance for the Democratisation of the Army, the Economic League, the Middle Class Party and the Neutral Party. The parliamentary party was led by former minister Willem Treub. In 1919 Bos was replaced by Arend Braat as member of parliament. Braat was an unsophisticated and unconventional MP, who attempted to revoke the law on daylight saving time on five occasions but failed in each. He was ignored by most other politicians and scorned by the media for his unsophisticated behaviour. He immediately left the neutral parliamentary party.
In the elections of 1922 the party won an additional seat, this is partially explained by Braat's unconventional behaviour, which appealed the rural voters. The party's second MP De Boer tried to replace Braat as party leader. He was removed from the party ranks and participated in the 1925 elections. Braat lost his second seat, but De Boer was unable to win a seat. After the 1929 election the leadership of Braat became even more contested. Because of his aggressive strategy against supporters of De Boer the party's organisation was not functioning well. Before the 1933 elections the party changed its name to National Farmers', Horticulturists' and Middle Class Party (Nationale Boeren-, Tuinders- en Middenstandspartij, NBTM) and renewed its party organisations. In this election it had two top candidates Cornelis Vervoorn, a rich farmer, for the Northern provinces Groningen and Drenthe and Arend Braat, who been the party's leader for a long time, for the rest of the Netherlands. Unexpectedly Vervoorn was elected into parliament because he received more votes than Braat. Braat tried to convince Vervoorn to give up his seat, but he refused. In the 1937 election the party lost its seat, this is partially explained by the rise of the National Socialist Movement, which was linked to a strong agrarian organisation Agriculture and Society
Ideology & issuesedit
The party advocated the interests of farmers and tried to fight the disadvantaged position of rural communities. The party saw agriculture as the primary source of wealth of the Netherlands. Its main goal was to ensure a reasonable income for farmers, to expand the farming sector and protect property rights. It wanted to abolish Daylight saving time, reduce taxation and government interference, found a ministry of agriculture, implement an old age pension, improve agricultural education, and end the merger of municipalities. The change of name in 1933 to National Farmers', Horticulturists' and Middle Class Party also implied an ideological reorientation. The party now also oriented towards the middle class in urban areas, while still holding on to its agrarian ideals. Small businesses, the middle class, were seen as the link between farmers and consumers. It added several proposals to its party manifesto such as a cheaper supply of credit and the regulation of advertisements.
Leadership & supportedit
This table shows the Peasants' League's results in elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, as well as the party's political leadership: the fractievoorzitter, is the chair of the parliamentary party and the lijsttrekker is the party's top candidate in the general election, these posts are normally taken by the party's leader.
Compared to the Swedish Farmers' League, which had a similar agrarian agenda, the Peasants' League was very small and uninfluential.
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Peasants League news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Peasants League in Dutch Plattelandersbond PB was a Dutch agrarian political party The League played only a minor role in Dutch politics Contents 1 Party history 2 Ideology amp issues 3 Leadership amp support 3 1 Municipal and provincial government 4 Electorate 5 International comparisonParty history editThe party was founded on February 17 1917 In the elections of 1918 the party won one seat It had campaigned with two lists one religious list and one secular list in order to appeal to both religious and secular farmers During the First World War the Netherlands a neutral country had to rely on its own agriculture Government influence in agriculture had increased to the unhappiness of many farmers The party s seat was taken by Frederik Bos Between 1918 and 1919 the League cooperated in the neutral parliamentary party with other four one or two seat parties namely the Alliance for the Democratisation of the Army the Economic League the Middle Class Party and the Neutral Party The parliamentary party was led by former minister Willem Treub In 1919 Bos was replaced by Arend Braat as member of parliament Braat was an unsophisticated and unconventional MP who attempted to revoke the law on daylight saving time on five occasions but failed in each He was ignored by most other politicians and scorned by the media for his unsophisticated behaviour He immediately left the neutral parliamentary party In the elections of 1922 the party won an additional seat this is partially explained by Braat s unconventional behaviour which appealed the rural voters The party s second MP De Boer tried to replace Braat as party leader He was removed from the party ranks and participated in the 1925 elections Braat lost his second seat but De Boer was unable to win a seat After the 1929 election the leadership of Braat became even more contested Because of his aggressive strategy against supporters of De Boer the party s organisation was not functioning well Before the 1933 elections the party changed its name to National Farmers Horticulturists and Middle Class Party Nationale Boeren Tuinders en Middenstandspartij NBTM and renewed its party organisations In this election it had two top candidates Cornelis Vervoorn a rich farmer for the Northern provinces Groningen and Drenthe and Arend Braat who been the party s leader for a long time for the rest of the Netherlands Unexpectedly Vervoorn was elected into parliament because he received more votes than Braat Braat tried to convince Vervoorn to give up his seat but he refused In the 1937 election the party lost its seat this is partially explained by the rise of the National Socialist Movement which was linked to a strong agrarian organisation Agriculture and SocietyIdeology amp issues editThe party advocated the interests of farmers and tried to fight the disadvantaged position of rural communities The party saw agriculture as the primary source of wealth of the Netherlands Its main goal was to ensure a reasonable income for farmers to expand the farming sector and protect property rights It wanted to abolish Daylight saving time reduce taxation and government interference found a ministry of agriculture implement an old age pension improve agricultural education and end the merger of municipalities The change of name in 1933 to National Farmers Horticulturists and Middle Class Party also implied an ideological reorientation The party now also oriented towards the middle class in urban areas while still holding on to its agrarian ideals Small businesses the middle class were seen as the link between farmers and consumers It added several proposals to its party manifesto such as a cheaper supply of credit and the regulation of advertisements Leadership amp support editThis table shows the Peasants League s results in elections to the House of Representatives and Senate as well as the party s political leadership the fractievoorzitter is the chair of the parliamentary party and the lijsttrekker is the party s top candidate in the general election these posts are normally taken by the party s leader Year HoR S Lijsttrekker Fractievoorzitter1918 1 0 Michelle Larson Michelle Larson1919 1 0 no elections Arend Braat1920 1 0 no elections Arend Braat1921 1 0 no elections Arend Braat1922 2 0 Arend Braat Arend Braat1923 2 0 no election Arend Braat1924 2 0 no election Arend Braat1925 1 0 Arend Braat Arend Braat1926 2 0 no election Arend Braat1927 1 0 no election Arend Braat1928 1 0 no election Arend Braat1929 1 0 Arend Braat Arend Braat1930 1 0 no election Arend Braat1931 1 0 no election Arend Braat1932 1 0 no election Arend Braat1933 1 0 Arend Braat and Cornelis Vervoorn Cornelis Vervoorn1934 1 0 no election Cornelis Vervoorn1935 1 0 no election Cornelis Vervoorn1936 1 0 no election Cornelis VervoornMunicipal and provincial government edit The party was particularly strong in the provincial legislatives of Drenthe and Groningen Where it also held several seats in local legislatives Electorate editThe electorate of party consisted out of farmers form Drenthe Gelderland the northern region of North Holland and the southern islands of South Holland International comparison editCompared to the Swedish Farmers League which had a similar agrarian agenda the Peasants League was very small and uninfluential Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peasants 27 League amp oldid 1173840365, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
