Saint Lucia Labor Party

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The Saint Lucia Labor Party (SLP) is a political party in St. Lucia that is oriented towards center-left social democracy .

history

Kenneth Anthony was chairman of the SLP and Prime Minister of St. Lucia from 1997 to 2006 and again from 2011 to 2016

The Saint Lucia Labor Party (SLP) was founded in 1950 by George Charles and others. After the 1951 election, she had a majority in the Saint Lucia Legislative Council until 1964 , the Legislative Council of St. Lucia, which was part of the Leeward Islands . During this time it was a province of the West Indian Federation between January 3, 1958 and May 31, 1962 . George Charles was Chief Minister from January 1, 1960 to April 1964. In 1964 the SLP lost the elections for the St. Lucia Assembly against the United Workers Party (UWP) led by John Compton and remained in opposition until independence on February 22, 1979 .

From the first elections to the independence of the SLP went with 12 of the 17 seats in the lower house ( House of Assembly ) as the strongest party and stood with Allan Louisy (July 2, 1979 to May 4 1981) and subsequent Winston Cenac (December 4 1981 to January 17, 1982) the Prime Minister . Internal splits within the party and the change in the office of prime minister led to the loss of support, so that the SLP had lost the elections in 1982 and was again in the opposition until 1997.

In 1997 the SLP achieved a nationwide victory, so that it was able to provide 16 of the 17 seats in the meeting house. Thereupon Kenneth Anthony became the new Prime Minister on May 24, 1997, who also clearly won the 2001 elections with 14 of the 17 seats. In the election manifesto Stay with Labor. Keep St Lucia Moving highlighted the SLP's improvements in infrastructure (fishing, country roads, street lighting, telecommunications and eGovernment) and the growing gross domestic product while unemployment fell. The election manifesto also emphasized that during the reign of the SLP it had created a “more egalitarian society” with better social services and called for the “good work to be continued” (“keep up the good work '). Nonetheless, the SLP lost the 2006 elections and only achieved six seats, so that Anthony was replaced on December 15, 2006 by John Compton, who became Prime Minister for the third time since independence.

2011 joined the SLP with the election program Our Blueprint for Growth. Building a better Saint Lucia and won the elections with eleven of the 17 seats. As a result, Kenneth Anthony became Prime Minister again on November 30, 2011. In the subsequent elections in 2016, the SLP ran the campaign Making our country better together . However, she lost the election against Allen Chastanet's UWP and only had six seats in the 17-member House of Assembly. Kenneth Anthony then resigned as party chairman and was replaced on June 18, 2016 by the previous Deputy Prime Minister Philip Pierre .

Election results since independence in 1979

Election year 1979 1982 1987 (1st choice) 1987 (2nd choice) 1992 1997 2001 2006 2011 2016
Votes 25,292 8,122 18,889 21,515 25,560 44.203 34,053 36. 604 42,620 37.172
Percentage 56.21% 16.74% 38.21% 40.80% 43.00% 61.37% 56.01% 48.32% 50.96% 40.09%
Profit loss +11.55 -39.46 +21.46 +2.59 +2.20 +18.37 −5.36 −7.69 +2.64 −6.92
Mandates (total number of seats) 12 (17) 2 (17) 8 (17) 8 (17) 6 (17) 16 (17) 14 (17) 6 (17) 11 (17) 6 (17)

Current MPs

In the House of Assembly elected in 2016, the SLP is represented by the following six MPs:

Constituency MP
Castries East Philip Pierre
Vieux Fort South Kenneth "Kenny" Anthony
Castries South Ernest Hilaire
Laborie Alva Baptiste
Vieux Fort North Moses "Musa" Baptiste
Dennery North Shawn Edward

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Pilgrim of the Pro- Cuban Socialist Labor Progressive Party (LPP) was acting Prime Minister from January 17 to May 3, 1982.