Modernist Party (Philippines)
Partido Modernista | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Hilario Moncado |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Dissolved | c. late 1940s |
| Ideology | Americanism Philippine dominion status |
The Modernist Party (Filipino: Partido Modernista) was a Philippine political party founded in 1932 by religious leader Hilario Moncado.[1]
The party's principal platform was support for the dominion status of the Philippines, which sought to make the country a dominion of the United States.[2]
Moncado ran under the party's banner in the 1934 senatorial election for the 10th district, but lost to Sergio Osmeña. In 1941, he ran for president but lost to incumbent President Manuel L. Quezon of the Nacionalista Party. Former President Emilio Aguinaldo initially ran as his vice-presidential running mate but later withdrew his candidacy.
Moncado made another bid for the presidency under the party's banner in 1946, but lost to Senate President Manuel Roxas, who ran under the Liberal wing of the Nacionalista Party (later the Liberal Party).[3]
The party ceased to exist by the late 1940s after Moncado left for the United States.
Electoral performance
[edit]Presidential and vice presidential elections
[edit]| Year | Presidential election | Vice presidential election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Vote share | Result | Candidate | Votes | Vote share | Result | |
| 1941 | Hilario Moncado | 10,726 | Manuel L. Quezon (Nacionalista) |
Emilio Aguinaldo (withdrew) |
0 | Sergio Osmeña (Nacionalista) | ||
| 1946 | Hilario Moncado | 8,538 | Manuel Roxas (Liberal) |
Lou Salvador | 5,879 | Elpidio Quirino (Liberal) | ||
Legislative elections
[edit]| Congress of the Philippines | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | House of Representatives | ||||
| Year | Seats won | Result | Year | Seats won | Result |
| 1934 | 0 / 24
|
Nacionalista Democratico won 8/11 | 1934 | Did not participate | |
| 1941 | 0 / 24
|
Nacionalista won 24/24 | 1941 | ||
| 1946 | 0 / 16
|
Liberal won 9/16 | 1946 | 0 / 98
|
Liberal won 49/98 |
| 1947 | 0 / 8
|
Liberal won 7/8 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "MONCADO ASSAILS PHILIPPINE BILL; Modernist Party Chief Says Delay in Freedom Means Civil Disobedience and Boycott. CHARGES "JOKER" IN PLAN He Denounces the Requiring of Approval of a Constitution as Postponing Independence. WARNS OF WAR WITH JAPAN Filipino Leader Declares Measure Due in Senate Tomorrow Plays Into the Hands of Tokyo". The New York Times. 1932-02-28. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
- ^ Kavanagh, Joseph J. (1956). "Hilario Camino Moncado". Philippine Studies. 4 (3): 435.
- ^ Philippine Electoral Almanac (Revised and Expanded ed.). Manila, Philippines: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office. 2015. p. 74. ISBN 978-971-95551-6-2.
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