League formed an alliance with the Liberal Union, proposing the implementation of universal suffrage and state pensions. The party doubled more than its seats to ten. Two Free Liberals become minister in the extra-parliamentary cabinet, led by Cort van Linden, which enacts universal suffrage. In the 1918 elections the party is left with three seats. It joined the Liberal Union and the minor Middle Class Party, Neutral Party and the Economic League to form the Liberal State Party, the Freedom League on 16 April 1921. Ideology and electorate The League was a classically liberal party emphasising the freedom of the individual. It favoured a laissez faire economic system, a nightwatchman state and free trade. It was in favour of the gradual implementation of universal suffrage. The party was a staunch defender of the separation of church and state. The League was supported by bourgeoisie voters from Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht and larger provincial centres in North and South Holland. Election results This table shows the League's results in elections to the House of Representatives. Leadership The Free Liberals' parliamentary group had the following chairmen: 1906–1916: Meinard Tydeman 1916–1921: Alibert Cornelis Visser van IJzendoorn References Defunct political parties in the Netherlands Liberal parties in the Netherlands Netherlands 1906 Political parties established in 1906 Conservative liberal parties Political parties disestablished in 1921 1906 establishments in the Netherlands