Boffa's cabinet

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The Maltese Boffa cabinet was formed on November 4, 1947 by Prime Minister Paul "Pawlu" Boffa of the Partit Laburista (PL). It replaced the second Mifsud cabinet and was in office until September 26, 1950.

history

Statue of Paul "Pawlu" Boffa in Valletta

The elections to the House of Representatives on October 25 and 27, 1947 were the first general elections in Malta, which, in addition to the abolition of property-dependent voting rights, also provided for the introduction of women's suffrage . At the same time, the number of mandates was quadrupled from 10 to 40, using a system of transferable individual votes. The Partit Laburista emerged from the elections as the clear winner with 63,145 votes (59.9 percent) and had a clear absolute majority with 24 of the 40 seats. The Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) under Enrico "Nerik" Mizzi came second with 19,041 votes (18.0 percent) and had 7 MPs. The Democratic Action Party (DAP) received 14,010 votes (13.3 percent) and 4 MPs, while the Gozo Party , which ran only in those elections, received 5,491 votes (5.2 percent) and 3 seats. Moreover, also on was Gozo resident Jones Party that 3,664 votes (3.5 percent) received, represented by two deputies in parliament.

Due to the self-government granted by Great Britain , Boffa then formed the first halfway independent government of Malta on November 4, 1947. In the course of Boffa's tenure, however, there were numerous party and internal government crises, especially between him and the deputy party chairman Dom Mintoff . Ultimately, Boffa resigned from the Partit Laburista in 1949 and founded the Malta Workers Party (MWP), while Mintoff reorganized the PL and became its chairman. In August 1949, Mintoff resigned from the cabinet.

In the elections to the House of Representatives on September 2 and 4, 1950, the Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) Mizzis won most of the 40 seats with 31,431 votes (29.6 percent) with 12 seats. Dom Mintoff's Partit Laburista (PL) received 30,332 votes (28.6 percent) and elected 11 members, as did the Malta Workers Party (MWP) of the previous Prime Minister Boffa, who received 24,616 votes (23.2 percent). The other seats were allocated to the Constitutional Party (4 seats), the Democratic Action Party (1 seat) and one non-party . Mizzi then formed a minority government tolerated by the Malta Workers Party on September 26, 1950 .

minister

Office Surname Political party Remarks
prime minister Paul "Pawlu" Boffa PL - 1949 MWP since January 1950 also Minister of Health
Finance minister Arthur "Turu" F. Colombo PL - 1949 MWP since May 1950 also Minister for Trade and Industry
Minister for Welfare and Labor Anthony Schembri Adami
Johnnie Cole 		PL - 1949 MWP
PL - 1949 MWP		 Schembri Adami: term of office November 1947 to February 1948
Cole: term of office February 1948 to September 1950, before that Minister for Emigration
Minister of Education Godwin G. Ganado PL - 1949 MWP
Minister for Public Works and Reconstruction Dom Mintoff
Anthony Schembri Adami		 PL
PL - 1949 MWP		 Mintoff: term of office November 1947 to August 1949
Schembri Adami: term of office January to September 1950, before that Minister of Health
Minister for Trade and Industry Bertram Camilleri
Arthur "Turu" F. Colombo		 PL
PL - 1949 MWP		 Camilleri: term of office November 1947 to resignation in May 1950
Colombo: term of office May to September 1950, also finance minister
Minister of Health Pietru Paul Debono
Anthony Schembri Adami
Paul "Pawlu" Boffa		 PL
PL - 1949 MWP		 Debono: term of office November 1947 to April 1948, then Speaker of the House of Representatives
Schembri Adami: term of office April 1948 to January 1950, before November 1947 to February 1948 Minister for Welfare and Labor, then Minister for Public Works and Reconstruction
Boffa: term of office January to September 1950, at the same time prime minister
Emigration minister Johnnie Cole PL - 1949 MWP February 1948 Minister for Welfare and Labor
Minister for Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ġużè Cassar PL - 1949 MWP in office since 1948

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The great Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Göttingen 2008, p. 1525