Catholic Flemish People's Party

The '''Catholic Flemish People's Party''' ({{langx|nl|Katholieke Vlaamse Volkspartij}}, KVV) was a political party within the Catholic Block in Belgium from 1936 until 1945.

==History== The party was formed in 1936 following the defeat of the Catholic Party at the 1936 general elections as a Flemish faction of the party.<ref>Jan Erk (2005) [http://www.uclouvain.be/cps/ucl/doc/etes/documents/DOCH_152_(Erk).pdf Sub-state nationalism and the left–right divide: critical junctures in the formation of nationalist labour movements in Belgium] ''Nations and Nationalism'', Vol 11 (4), pp551–570</ref><ref>Els Witte (2009) ''Political History of Belgium: From 1830 Onwards'' Asp/Vubpress/Upa, p199</ref> Together with the Francophone Catholic Social Party, the two factions formed the Catholic Bloc. In the 1939 general elections the combined Catholic Bloc won 67 seats. The KVV won a further six seats in the Chamber of Representatives and three seats in the Senate running alone. It did not contest any further elections,<ref>[http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/nl/search_elecper.php?party_id=3450 KVV] Belgian Elections</ref> as following World War II the two parties merged into the Christian Social Party.

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Category:Political parties established in 1936 Category:Political parties disestablished in 1945 Category:Defunct political parties in Belgium Category:Christian democratic parties in Belgium