Progressive Federal Party

noun

1. a political party, formed in 1977 by a merger between the Progressive Party and members of the United Party, supporting qualified franchise for all South Africans irrespective of race, colour, or creed See also National Party United Party

Example Sentences

Worse still, the liberal Progressive Federal Party had been replaced as the official opposition by the Conservative Party, which was to the right of the Nationalists and campaigned on the theme that the government was too lenient with the black opposition.

From Literature

He then became involved in the Progressive Party, which merged with other groups to become the Progressive Federal Party in 1977.

From New York Times

Mr. Slabbert represented the Progressive Federal Party, a predecessor to the Democratic Alliance, in Parliament during the apartheid years.

From New York Times

But having been elected in 1974, he became leader of the Progressive Federal Party.

From BBC

Botha's ruling National Party is eager to win back at least one of the seats from the far-right Conservatives, who seized them in last May's general election and supplanted the liberal Progressive Federal Party as the official opposition in Parliament.

From Time Magazine Archive