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Progressive Labour Party (Saint Lucia)

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Progressive Labour Party
Founded1981
Split fromSaint Lucia Labour Party

The Progressive Labour Party was a political party in Saint Lucia.

History

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The party was created by a split of the Saint Lucia Labour Party in 1981. It first contested national elections in 1982, when it finished second behind the United Workers' Party with 27.1% of the vote, but only won a single seat, taken by Jon Odlum.[1] In the 6 April 1987 elections the party's vote share fell to 9.3% and they lost their single seat. The party received 6.0% of the vote in the early elections held later in the month and remained seatless.[2] They did not contest any further elections.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Gibbings, Wesley (May 25, 2001). "Politics-St. Lucia: Old Hands Brew New Political Concoction". Inter Press Service.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp591-592 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  3. ^ Nohlen, p589