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People's Progressive Alliance (Montserrat)
The People's Progressive Alliance (PPA) was a political party in Montserrat led by John Osborne John James Osborne (12 December 1929 – 24 December 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter and actor, known for his prose that criticized established social and political norms. The success of his 1956 play ''Look Back in Anger'' tra .... History The PPA was created in 1996 as a successor to the People's Liberation Movement, which had been formed by Osborne in 1973.People's Liberation Movement (NPLM) Caribbean Elections Although it received the most votes in the November 1996 elections, it won only two of the seven seats in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montserrat
Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with roughly of coastline. It is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish diaspora, Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants. Montserrat is the only non-fully sovereign full member of the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. On 18 July 1995, the previously dormant Soufrière Hills volcano, in the southern part of the island, became active. Eruptions destroyed Montserrat's Georgian era capital city of Plymouth, Montserrat, Plymouth. Between 1995 and 2000, two-thirds of the island's population was forced to flee, primarily to the United Kingdom, leaving fewer than 1,200 people on the island in 1997 (rising to nearly 5,000 by 2016). The volcanic ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Osborne (Montserrat Politician)
John Alfred Osborne (27 May 1936 – 2 January 2011) was a chief minister of Montserrat. He first came to that position in November 1978, as a member of the People's Liberation Movement, and continued until losing legislative council elections on 10 October 1991. By 2001 he had switched parties, joining the New People's Liberation Movement. Under his leadership, the NPLM won 7 of 9 seats in legislative council elections on 2 April 2001, and he served as chief minister from 5 April 2001 until 3 June 2006 when he resigned after elections in which his party was defeated. A major issue for his government has been the continuing recovery of the island of Montserrat after a volcanic eruption which devastated the southern part of the island, burying the capital city of Plymouth in ash and forcing its population to flee, in many cases off the island due to lack of housing. The eruption, which began in July 1995, continues today on a vastly reduced scale, the damage being confined to Ply ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Liberation Movement (Montserrat)
The People's Liberation Movement (PLM) was a political party in Montserrat. History The PLM was established by John Osborne in 1973.People's Liberation Movement (NPLM) Caribbean Elections In the 1978 elections it won all seven seats in the Legislative Council, with Osborne becoming . The party also won the |
Montserratian General Election, 1996
General elections were held in Montserrat on 11 November 1996.General Election Results - 11 November 1996 Caribbean Elections The result was a , with no party holding more than two seats. Although the People's Progressive Alliance received the largest number of votes, of the |
Legislative Council Of Montserrat
The Legislative Council was the unicameral legislature of Montserrat from 1951 to 2011. History Universal suffrage was introduced in Montserrat in 1951, with five members elected to the Legislative Council from 1952. Prior to the 1970 elections the number of elected seats was increased to seven. A new electoral system was introduced for the 2001 elections as a result of the volcanic eruptions rendering four of the seven constituencies uninhabitable. The seven single-member constituencies were replaced with one nine-member constituency in which voters could vote for nine candidates.General Election Results - 2 April 2001 Caribbean Elections A new constitution was introduced in 2011, which abolished the Legislative Council and replaced it with the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movement For National Reconstruction
The Movement for National Reconstruction (MNR) was a political party in Montserrat led by Bertrand Osborne. History Osborne had previously been leader of the National Development Party, which won a single seat in the 1991 elections. However, by the 1996 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1996. * 1995–1996 Azerbaijani parliamentary election * 1996 Beninese presidential election * 1996 Comorian presidential election * 1996 New Zealand general election * 1996 Nicaraguan general electio ... he had established the MNR. In the elections the party won two of the seven seats in the Legislative Council, with Osborne and Adelina Tuitt representing the party in the council. Although the People's Progressive Alliance (PPA) had received the most votes, the MNR formed a coalition government with the National Progressive Party and an independent MP, with Osborne as Chief Minister. In 2001 the party merged with the PPA to create the New People's Liberation Movem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Progressive Party (Montserrat)
The National Progressive Party (NPP) was a political party in the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat led by Reuben Meade. History The NPP was established in 1991.National Progressive Party (NPP) Caribbean Elections In the later that year it won four of the seven seats in the Legislative Council, resulting in Meade becoming . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New People's Liberation Movement
The New People's Liberation Movement was a political party in Montserrat led by John Osborne. History The NPLM was established in 2001 by a merger of the People's Progressive Alliance and the Movement for National Reconstruction, Caribbean Elections with PPA leader John Osborne becoming leader of the new party. In the elections later that year, it received 52% of the vote and won seven of the nine seats in the Legislative Council, resulting in Osborne becoming [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montserratian General Election, 2001
General elections were held in Montserrat on 2 April 2001.General Election Results - 2 April 2001 Caribbean Elections The result was a victory for the (NLPM), which won seven of the nine seats in the Legislative Council. NLPM leader became |
Defunct Political Parties In Montserrat
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Political Parties Established In 1996
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Establishments In Montserrat
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Games., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Centennial Olympic Park bombing rect 200 0 400 200 TWA FLight 800 rect 400 0 600 200 1996 Mount Everest disaster rect 0 200 300 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
