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The '''National Union''' was a short-lived [[South Africa]]n political party founded in 1960 by [[Japie Basson]] after he was expelled from the ruling [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Afrikaners: Biography of a People|last=Giliomee|first=Hermann|publisher=Hurst|year=2011}}</ref> It was meant to provide a political home for Nationalists who had become disillusioned with [[Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom|J. G. Strydom]] and [[Hendrik Verwoerd]]'s increasingly hard-line [[apartheid]] policies. Basson recruited former [[Chief Justice of South Africa]] [[Henry Allan Fagan]] to stand as the party's candidate for [[State President of South Africa|President]] in the [[South African general election, 1961|1961 general election]], in which the party won 6.26% of the vote but only one parliamentary seat. The party soon fizzled out and was absorbed into the [[United Party (South Africa)|United Party]]. |
The '''National Union''' ([[Afrikaans]]: ''Nasionale Unie'') was a short-lived [[South Africa]]n political party founded in 1960 by [[Japie Basson]] after he was expelled from the ruling [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Afrikaners: Biography of a People|last=Giliomee|first=Hermann|publisher=Hurst|year=2011}}</ref> It was meant to provide a political home for Nationalists who had become disillusioned with [[Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom|J. G. Strydom]] and [[Hendrik Verwoerd]]'s increasingly hard-line [[apartheid]] policies. Basson recruited former [[Chief Justice of South Africa]] [[Henry Allan Fagan]] to stand as the party's candidate for [[State President of South Africa|President]] in the [[South African general election, 1961|1961 general election]], in which the party won 6.26% of the vote but only one parliamentary seat. The party soon fizzled out and was absorbed into the [[United Party (South Africa)|United Party]]. |
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Latest revision as of 12:58, 16 April 2024
The National Union (Afrikaans: Nasionale Unie) was a short-lived South African political party founded in 1960 by Japie Basson after he was expelled from the ruling National Party.[1] It was meant to provide a political home for Nationalists who had become disillusioned with J. G. Strydom and Hendrik Verwoerd's increasingly hard-line apartheid policies. Basson recruited former Chief Justice of South Africa Henry Allan Fagan to stand as the party's candidate for President in the 1961 general election, in which the party won 6.26% of the vote but only one parliamentary seat. The party soon fizzled out and was absorbed into the United Party.
References
[edit]- ^ Giliomee, Hermann (2011). The Afrikaners: Biography of a People. Hurst.
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