United Rhinoceros Party (Abelden)

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United Rhinoceros Party
FounderShiro Mephistopheles
Horatio Eden
Founded1 December 2017
Dissolved2 April 2018
Preceded byRhinoceros Party
Federalist Party
Merged intoALNA-PF
Membership (2017)7
IdeologyCentrism

The United Rhinoceros Party was an Abeldane political party founded in December 2017 by Shiro Mephistopheles (at the time Vorsitzender) and Horatio Eden. The party was formed as a merger between the Rhinoceros and Federalist parties, at the time the largest right-leaning parties in the Empire. The party held a pragmatic view of political issues; while its leadership were quoted as referring to the party as conservative and broadly right-wing, its policies largely did not fit within the left-right political spectrum.

Background

Following the resignations of Michael Thomas Brazeau and James Frisch in 2017, and in that order, as leader of the Federalist Party, Shiro Mephistopheles took on the leadership of the party, taking over James Frisch's appointed seat in the Reichsversammlung in his absence. The Federalist Party originally nominated Mr. Mephistopheles for the Vorsitzendership in the December federal election with the endorsement of the Rhinoceros Party following Eden's refusal to nominate himself as he had done in the previous cycle.

The Rhinoceros Party nominated deputy Rhinoceros leader, Max Pollack for the position of Stellvertreter with endorsement from the Federalist Party. This mutual endorsement eventually led to negotiations between the parties regarding a potential merger, and on the 1st of December, 2017, these negotiations came to a conclusion, with Shiro Mephistopheles and Horatio Eden being appointed co-leaders of a new United Rhinoceros Party. The unified party ultimately nominated Shiro Mephistopheles for Vorsitzender and Max Pollack for Stellvertreter for the December federal election.

Electoral performance

Vorsitzender

Election year Candidate Result
votes % outcome
2017 V Shiro Mephistopheles   22 40% elected

Stellvertreter

Election year Candidate Result
votes % outcome
2017 V Max Pollack   9 19.56% not elected