Progressive Party

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Progressive Party

Definition: Progressive Party

Progressive Party

Noun

1. A former political party in the United States; founded by Theodore Roosevelt during the presidential campaign of 1912; its emblem was a picture of a bull moose.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonym: Progressive Party

Synonym: Bull Moose Party (n). (additional references)

Specialty Definition: New Zealand Progressive Party

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Progressive Party (initially the Progressive Coalition) is a political party in the New Zealand Parliament. It is presently the junior partner in the governing coalition, being somewhat to the left of its ally the Labour Party. It currently has two seats in parliament, one belonging to leader Jim Anderton and the other to Matt Robson. It was established when Anderton and his supporters left the Alliance party, no longer represented in parliament.

Policies

The Progressive Party has a particular focus on the creation of jobs, and has said that it is committed to achieving full employment. The party also lists free education and free healthcare as policy objectives. Economically, the party is left-wing, and places particular attention on economic development in the regions (rather than in financial centres such as Auckland). Recently, the party has been promoting its proposal for four weeks of annual leave from work.

History

The Progressive Party was established by a faction of the Alliance, a left-wing party that does not presently hold seats in parliament but which was once the third largest party there. Having won ten seats in the 1999 elections, the Alliance went into coalition with the Labour Party, forming a government. Towards the end of the parliamentary term, tensions between different factions of a party increased. In particular, the party's parliamentary leader (Jim Anderton) and the party's organizational leader (Matt McCarten) became involved in a significant dispute. The causes of the problems are debated by the various actors, but a significant factor appears to be a claim by McCarten's faction that the Alliance was giving too much away to the Labour Party. In addition, McCarten's faction claimed that Anderton's leadership style was "autocratic", and that the parliamentary wing was failing to heed the concerns of the party's membership.

Anderton rejected the criticism, claiming that criticism of the Alliance's ties to Labour were "extremist" and would nullify the party's ability to influence government policy. The conflict gradually became more and more severe until Anderton eventually demanded the resignation of the party's governing council. The party organization expelled Anderton and his supporters, with Anderton announcing his intentions of establishing a new party. However, because of electoral law, Anderton did not officially leave the Alliance's parliamentary wing, even if he had left the party itself - doing so would have required his resignation from parliament, a step he was unwilling to take. As such, Anderton and his supporters remained technically a part of the Alliance's parliamentary wing until the election, when they officially established their new party. The Democrats, a component of the Alliance, broke away to join the new group.

Initially, the name given to the new organization was the "Progressive Coalition". Shortly before the 2002 elections, the official name was changed to "Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition", a measure Anderton says was intended to ensure that the new party was recognized. Later, after the Democrats had departed to reestablish themselves as an independent entity, the name "Progressive Party" was adopted. The new party placed Anderton's supporters from the Alliance first on its party list. In the elections, it competed against both the Alliance (now led by Laila Harré, a supporter of McCarten) and Labour. It managed to gain 1.7% of the vote. Ordinarily, this would not be enough to gain entry into parliament, as it is below the 5% threshold for proportional representation. However, Anderton was successful in retaining his electorate seat in Wigram. As such, the party gained entry to parliament despite being below the threshold, and therefore received its proportional share of seats. This enabled Matt Robson, who had been a member of Anderton's faction of the Alliance, to enter parliament as well. The Alliance itself failed to win any seats.

The Progressives took up the Alliance's old position as Labour's junior coalition partner. However, as the Progressives brought fewer seats to the coalition than the Alliance had, the new party's influence was not as great. Anderton retained his position as Minister of Economic Development, but lost the role of Deputy Prime Minister to Labour's Michael Cullen, the Minister of Finance. Matt Robson lost his ministerial roles.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "New Zealand Progressive Party."

Commercial Usage: Progressive Party

Domain	Title
Books	A cricket in the thorn tree : Helen Suzman and the Progressive Party (reference) History of the Progressive Party, 1912-1916. (reference) Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and the Decline of the Progressive Party in Wisconsin, (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: Progressive Party

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Theodore Roosevelt walking away from figure of "Progressive Party" stabbed with "declination" knife. Credit: Library of Congress.		Senator Norris proposes to start a real Progressive Party in this city. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Progressive party members left to right, seated are Wallace and Elliott Roosevelt, standing are Dr. Harlow Shapley and Jo Davidson. Credit: Library of Congress.		People's Progressive Party, XX Congress towards a genuine people's revolutionary government, Annandale, 4-6 Aug. '79. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: Progressive Party

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Tunisia	The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (PDP) claimed that in January and August copies of its Al-Mawqif newspaper were removed from newsstands because they contained an article critical of the Government. (references)
	Tunisia	The Democratic Progressive Party (PDP) opposition party newspaper Al-Mawkif received no public advertising revenue during the year and announced on December 14 that it may have to close due to financial problems. (references)
Economic History	Iceland	Its continued coalition partner, the Progressive Party, lost three seats for a total of 12. The newly established United Left took 17 seats, and the Left-Green alliance garnered six. (references)
Human Rights	Antigua and Barbuda	However, members of the opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) insisted that there have been instances where this has been violated, particularly on Thursdays or Fridays. (references)
	Burma	According to the Government, the Karenni National Progressive Party killed seven villagers who refused to join their ranks in Loikaw Township on December 30. The Government also has alleged that the KNU killed three villagers in Thanbyuzayat Township on December 22. The KNU has denied responsibility for the killings. (references)
	Burma	For example, according to the Government, on December 30, the Karenni National Progressive Party killed seven villagers who refused to join their ranks in Loikaw Township. (references)
Political Economy	Taiwan	The 2000 victory of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Chen Shui-bian followed more than 50 years of rule by the Kuomintang (KMT) and marked the first transition from one political party to another in Taiwan's history. (references)
	Finland	The Greens are a progressive party. (references)
	Brazil	President Cardoso was elected by an alliance of his own center-left Social Democratic Party, the PSDB, and two center-right parties, the Liberal Front Party (PFL) and the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB). Brazil's second largest party, the centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), joined Cardoso's governing coalition after the election, as did the center-right PPB, the Brazilian Progressive party, in 1996 after its formation from three smaller conservative parties the previous year. (references)
Political Rights	Gabon	Major opposition parties include the National Lumberjack Assembly-Gabonese People's Assembly (RNB-RPG) and the Gabonese Progressive Party (PGP). The RNB-RPG's political base is in the northern province of Woleu-Ntem, which is inhabited chiefly by members of the Fang ethnic group, and in Libreville neighborhoods with many Fang residents, although the party attracts some support from other regions and ethnic groups. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Progressive Party

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
progressive party	21
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Progressive Party

Language		Translations for "Progressive Party"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		προοδευτικό κόμμα. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		進歩党 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		し�"ぽとう. (various references)

Pig Latin		ogressivepray artypay

Swedish		framstegsparti. (various references)

Turkish		terakki partisi, ilerici parti. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Progressive Party

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-o-p-p-r-r-r-s-s-t-v-y"
	-4 letters: perspiratory, prerogatives, proprietress.
	-5 letters: overpraises, prerogative, prestorages, progressive, proprietary, respirators, respiratory.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album

5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams

9. Bibliography

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