Founded in 1955 by Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Emmanuel Christopher Loblack, the Dominica Labour Party is the oldest political party in Dominica.[1] It first contested general elections in 1961, winning seven of the eleven seats. In the next elections in 1966 it won all but one of the seats. It retained power in the 1970 elections, although it was reduced to eight seats. A fourth consecutive victory was achieved in the 1975 elections when it won 16 of the 21 seats.
In 1980 the party suffered a major defeat, seeing its vote share reduced from 50% to 17%, and losing all its seats as the Dominica Freedom Party won the elections. It regained five seats in the 1985 elections, losing one in 1990 and gaining one in 1995.
In the 2000 elections, the party regained power for the first time since 1975, winning 10 of the 21 seats and forming a coalition with the DFP, after which Roosevelt "Rosie" Douglas became Prime Minister. However, on 1 October, 2000 Douglas died suddenly after only a few months in office and was replaced by Pierre Charles. On 6 January, 2004, Charles, who had been suffering from heart problems since 2003, also died. After the death of Pierre Charles, Foreign Minister Osborne Riviere acted as Prime Minister, until Education Minister Roosevelt Skerrit was named political leader of the party and sworn in as Prime Minister.
Under the leadership of Roosevelt Skerrit, the party won 12 seats in the 2005 elections and remained in office. In the 2009 general elections the Dominica Labour Party scored a third consecutive victory winning 18 of the 21 seats, despite the opposition's claims of campaign improprieties.[2]
^"Dominica from U.S. State Department". www.state.gov. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
External links
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Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s
January 20, 2023
dominica, labour, party, centre, left, social, democratic, political, party, dominica, leaderroosevelt, skerritfounded1955ideologysocial, democracylabourismpolitical, positioncentre, leftinternational, affiliationcopppalhouse, assembly19, 21websitewww, dmpolit. The Dominica Labour Party is a centre left social democratic political party in Dominica Dominica Labour PartyLeaderRoosevelt SkerritFounded1955IdeologySocial democracyLabourismPolitical positionCentre leftInternational affiliationCOPPPALHouse of Assembly19 21Websitewww wbr dlp wbr dmPolitics of DominicaPolitical partiesElections Contents 1 History 2 Electoral history 2 1 House of Assembly elections 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditFounded in 1955 by Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Emmanuel Christopher Loblack the Dominica Labour Party is the oldest political party in Dominica 1 It first contested general elections in 1961 winning seven of the eleven seats In the next elections in 1966 it won all but one of the seats It retained power in the 1970 elections although it was reduced to eight seats A fourth consecutive victory was achieved in the 1975 elections when it won 16 of the 21 seats In 1980 the party suffered a major defeat seeing its vote share reduced from 50 to 17 and losing all its seats as the Dominica Freedom Party won the elections It regained five seats in the 1985 elections losing one in 1990 and gaining one in 1995 In the 2000 elections the party regained power for the first time since 1975 winning 10 of the 21 seats and forming a coalition with the DFP after which Roosevelt Rosie Douglas became Prime Minister However on 1 October 2000 Douglas died suddenly after only a few months in office and was replaced by Pierre Charles On 6 January 2004 Charles who had been suffering from heart problems since 2003 also died After the death of Pierre Charles Foreign Minister Osborne Riviere acted as Prime Minister until Education Minister Roosevelt Skerrit was named political leader of the party and sworn in as Prime Minister Under the leadership of Roosevelt Skerrit the party won 12 seats in the 2005 elections and remained in office In the 2009 general elections the Dominica Labour Party scored a third consecutive victory winning 18 of the 21 seats despite the opposition s claims of campaign improprieties 2 Electoral history EditHouse of Assembly elections Edit Election Party leader Votes Seats Position Outcome1961 Edward Oliver LeBlanc 7 848 47 5 7 11 7 1st Majority government1966 11 735 65 0 10 11 3 1st Supermajority government1970 9 877 49 9 8 11 2 1st Supermajority government1975 Patrick John 10 523 49 3 16 21 8 1st Supermajority government1980 Oliver Seraphin 5 326 16 8 0 21 16 3rd Extra parliamentary1985 Michael Douglas 13 014 39 1 5 21 5 2nd Opposition1990 7 860 23 5 4 21 1 3rd Opposition1995 Rosie Douglas 11 064 29 8 5 21 1 2nd Opposition2000 15 362 42 9 10 21 5 1st DLP DFP coalition government2005 Roosevelt Skerrit 19 741 52 07 12 21 2 1st Majority government2009 22 262 61 34 18 21 6 1st Supermajority government2014 23 208 56 99 15 21 3 1st Supermajority government2019 23 643 59 01 18 21 3 1st Supermajority government2022 15 214 82 38 19 21 1 1st Supermajority governmentReferences Edit Nohlen D 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook Volume I p225 ISBN 978 0 19 928357 6 Dominica from U S State Department www state gov Retrieved 10 September 2016 External links EditOfficial party website Political Parties of the Americas 1980s to 1990s Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dominica Labour Party amp oldid 1127955794, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
