Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/mzvkptxe19
Croatian Press and Municipal Elections in Tinjan at the Beginning of the 20th Century
Željko Klaić
orcid.org/0000-0001-8976-4434
; Gospodarska škola Varaždin
Abstract
At the beginning of the 20th century, the municipality of Tinjan was one of the 54 local, or rather regional municipalities in the county of Istria. Towards the end of the 19th century, Croatian-Slovene Populist Party reinforced its position in the municipality of Tinjan. The Party was winning municipal elections even before 1887. As of this year, the Party was continually winning the elections. It won them in all three constituencies; due to the claim submitted by the Italian side, however, the new council was not constituted before 8 August 1888. Šime Defar, leader of Croatian populists in the municipality of Tinjan, was then elected mayor. Again, the Populist Party won the 1891 elections in all three constituencies; the same situation was repeated in the years 1895 and 1899. Šime Defar was every time elected mayor. He was tradesman and landowner, and was connected with other Croatian populists in the central part of Istria and beyond. In 1903, a radical change occurred in the municipality of Tinjan: Defar’s party lost the elections, and Venceslav Križmanić was elected mayor. He was repeatedly elected mayor in 1907. In general, Croatian authors explain the defeat of Defar and his Party by Italian propaganda, by peasants being indebted to Italian tradesmen and landowners, by underdeveloped national conscience, and by conflicts in Croatian ranks.
Keywords
Šime Defar; Venceslav Križmanić; Ivan Krstić; Naša sloga; Narodni list; Obzor; municipal elections in Tinjan; Istrian populists; Italian liberals
Hrčak ID:
179020
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Publication date:
28.2.2017.
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