The West Indies Federal Labour Party (WIFLP) or Federalists was one of two main Federal parties in the short-lived West Indies Federation, the other being...
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The West Indies Democratic Labour Party (DLP) or Democrats was one of two Federal parties in the short-lived West Indies Federation, the other being the...
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From 1957 to 1962, the party was a member of the West Indies Federal Labour Party in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation. The PNP was...
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The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political...
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Federal elections were held in the West Indies Federation for the first and only time on 25 March 1958. The result was a victory for the West Indies Federal...
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The Barbados Labour Party (BLP), colloquially known as the "Bees", is a social democratic political party in Barbados established in 1938. It has been...
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People's National Movement (category Liberal parties in North America)
socialist party, the PNM was a member of the democratic socialist West Indies Federal Labour Party in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation...
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Tobago Council of the People's National Movement (category Political parties established in 1998)
socialist party, it was a member of the democratic socialist West Indies Federal Labour Party in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation...
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Parties West Indies Federal Labour Party Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (Dutch West Indies) 1961 Jamaican Federation of the West Indies...
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political parties in the various territories aligned themselves into one of two Federal political parties – the West Indies Federal Labour Party (led by...
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Tom Adams (politician) (category Leaders of the Barbados Labour Party)
only son of Sir Grantley Adams (a lawyer and the only Premier of the West Indies Federation) and Grace Adams (née Thorne), Tom Adams was educated at Harrison...
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Grantley Herbert Adams (category Members of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation)
and only prime minister of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. He was a founder of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), and he was named in 1998...
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been Opposition Leader of Jamaica and President of the People's National Party since November 2020, following the 2020 general election. Previously an...
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Albert Gomes (category Members of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation)
played a role in forcing Sir Alexander Bustamante out of the Federal Democratic Labour Party. Gomes briefly led DLP in 1963 when factions loyal to briefly...
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Edward Oliver LeBlanc (category Members of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation)
1957 and 1958, and as a representative of Dominica in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation upon its foundation in 1958. LeBlanc left the...
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a member of the Butler Party. The three parties aligned with the Democratic Labour Party of the West Indies Federation under the leadership of Sir Alexander...
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Michael Manley (category People's National Party (Jamaica) politicians)
incumbent Prime Minister, Hugh Shearer of the Jamaica Labour Party, as his People's National Party swept to a landslide victory with 37 of 53 seats. Manley...
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Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw (category Members of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation)
Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. During the short-lived West Indies Federation (from 1958 to 1962), Bradshaw was elected to the Federal House of Representatives and held the...
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1930 as the Communist Party of Panama (Partido Comunista de Panamá, PCP), after Panamanian communists broke away from the Labour Party. Early leaders of the...
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Phyllis Shand Allfrey (category Members of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation)
the Dominica Labour Party. On the formation of the West Indies Federation, this was affiliated to the West Indies Federal Labour Party, and in 1958 she...
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Portia Simpson-Miller (category People's National Party (Jamaica) politicians)
Following her election win in December 2011, when her party defeated the Jamaica Labour Party, she became the second individual since independence to...
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Peter Phillips (politician) (category People's National Party (Jamaica) politicians)
degree in Economics, a Master's in Government (from The University of the West Indies), and a Doctorate in Sociology from the State University of New York...
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Norman Manley (category People's National Party (Jamaica) politicians)
British colonies in the Caribbean territories in a Federation of the West Indies but called a referendum on the issue in 1961. Voters chose to have Jamaica...
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A. N. R. Robinson (category Members of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation)
of the People's National Movement and served in the parliament of the West Indies Federation between 1958 and 1960. In 1961 he was elected to the Parliament...
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Colony of Jamaica (category British West Indies)
colonies, the West Indies Federation consisting of Jamaica and nine other colonies was formed in 1958. The West Indies Federal Labour Party was organised...
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Former West Indies Federal Labour Party...
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Indies Democratic Labour Party Democratic Labour Party (West Indies Federation) West Indies Federal Labour Party Economy of the Caribbean: Airlines Caribbean...
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Clyde Mascoll (category Leaders of the Democratic Labour Party (Barbados))
the Democratic Labour Party (DLP). In 2003, Mascoll unsuccessfully led the party in an election against the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP). However...
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P. J. Patterson (category University of the West Indies alumni)
from 1970 to 1980 (when he lost to Euphemia Williams of the Jamaica Labour Party) and again from 1989 to 1993. Following a constituency reorganization...
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Mia Mottley (category Leaders of the Barbados Labour Party)
prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold either position...
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