The Saint Vincent Labour Party was a social democratic political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 1955 to 1994. It was the ruling party from 1967 to 1972 and again from 1974 until 1984.
4-452: The party was established in 1955. In the 1957 general elections it received 19.0% of the vote, putting it in second place, but failed to win a seat. In the 1961 elections the party received 47.9% of the vote and three seats, losing by only 336 votes to the ruling People's Political Party , who won nine seats. In the 1966 elections they received 50.9% of the vote, but the PPP won five seats to
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12-462: The Labour Party's four. However, early elections the following year saw the Labour Party increase their vote share to 53.8% and take six of the nine seats. Despite receiving over 50% of the vote again in 1972 , the elections resulted in a tie with both parties winning six seats. The sole independent candidate, James Fitz-Allen Mitchell formed a government with his former party, the PPP, and
16-548: Was appointed prime minister. However, a further set of early elections in 1974 saw the Labour Party claim 69.0% of the vote and win ten of the thirteen seats. They remained in power following the 1979 elections , but lost the 1984 elections to the New Democratic Party . In the 1989 elections the NDP won all 15 seats. The Labour Party regained two seats in the 1994 elections , and on 16 October 1994 they merged with
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