Progressive Labour Party (Saint Lucia)

Progressive Labour Party
Founded	1981
Split from	Saint Lucia Labour Party
Politics of Saint Lucia Political parties Elections

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

History

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]

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

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