The Movement for National Reconstruction (MNR) was a political party in
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 r ...
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 he had established the MNR.
In the elections the party won two of the seven seats in the
Legislative 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
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.
In 2001 the party merged with the PPA to create the
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, prior to the
elections that year.
People's Progressive Alliance (PPA)
Caribbean Elections
References
{{Montserratian political parties
Defunct political parties in Montserrat
Political parties disestablished in 2001
2001 disestablishments in Montserrat