The British Guiana Labour Party (BGCP) was a political party in
British Guiana
British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana.
The first European to encounter Guiana was S ...
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History
The BGCP was formed in June 1946, with its leadership included
Jung Bahadur Singh
Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philo ...
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J.A. Nicholson,
Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow
Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow OBE (18 December 1884 – 14 May 1958) is notable as the founder of the modern trade union movement in Guyana.
Background
Critchlow was born in Georgetown, Guyana. Little is known of his early childhood but in his ...
and
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[ It contested 13 of the 14 seats in the 1947 elections, winning five of them and becoming the largest party in the Legislative Council.][The 1947 parliamentary elections in colonial British Guiana]
Stabroek News, 6 May 2010
In 1949 Forbes Burnham became party leader, and the following year it merged with the Political Affairs Committee to form the People's Progressive Party.Guyana General and Regional Elections 19 March 2001
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References
{{Guyanese political parties
Defunct political parties in Guyana
1946 establishments in British Guiana
1950 disestablishments in British Guiana
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Political parties established in 1946
Political parties disestablished in 1950
Socialist parties in South America
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