West Indian National Party
The West Indian National Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It was originally founded on 18 November 1942 as a progressive party, aligned with the socialist views of trade unionists Quintin O'Connor and Rupert Gittens of Trade Union Congress. One of the key planks of their platform was the nationalisation of major industries.[1] In 1945 Claude Lushington attended the Pan-African Congress in Manchester on behalf of the party.[2]
Following the breakup of the Democratic Labour Party in 1974, the party was resurrected by Ashford Sinanan to contest the 1976 general elections. One of three parties to succeed the DLP, it received just 1,242 votes and failed to win a seat.[3] It did not contest any further elections.[4]
References
- ^ La Guerre, John Gaffar; Girvan, Cherita (June 1972). "The General Elections of 1946 in Trinidad And Tobago". Social and Economic Studies. 21 (2). Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies: 184–204. JSTOR 27856528.
- ^ Adi, Hakim; Sherwood, Marika (1995). The 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress Revisited. New Beacon Books. ISBN 978-1-873201-12-1.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp640-642 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p637
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