The SVP's history can be traced back to several farmers parties "in agrarian cantons of Protestant, German-speaking Switzerland" in the late 1910s.<ref>Skenderovic, pp. 124.</ref> These parties were first represented in the Federal Council in 1929, and these parties were united under one "'umbrella organization'" in 1936 at the creation of the Farmers, Artisians and Citizens Party (BGB).<ref>Skenderovic, pp. 125.</ref>
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==Modern history==
The SVP was founded in 1971. It became more conservative in the 1980s and 1990s.
The SVP was founded in 1971. It became more conservative in the 1980s and 1990s.
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==References==
==References==
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* {{cite book |ref=harv |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wP7-a7NC0mkC&dq|title=The radical right in Switzerland: continuity and change, 1945-2000 |first=Damir |last=Skenderovic |year=2009 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=978-1-84545-580-4}}