Corporatief Verzet Tegen het Invoeren van de Evenredige Vertegenwoordiging in Belgie
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 81-100
ISSN: 0486-4700
Corporatist opposition against a system of proportional representation in Belgium can essentially be reduced to the opposition by Joris Helleputte. Antiproportionalism was mainly due to a fear that proportionalism would endanger the growth of a Catholic corporatist party. In the struggle concerning introduction of proportional representation, 2 periods can be distinguished: before 1895 & after 1895, when Helleputte resigned as president of the Belgische Volksbond. Even after 1895 Helleputte continued his struggle, together with Charles Woeste. They proposed that Parliament institute a uninominal system, but this proposal did not receive sufficient support & proportional representation for legislative elections was introduced in 1899. Modified HA.