political party
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in the British Overseas Territory of
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
Reuben Meade
Reuben Theodore Meade (born 7 March 1954) is a retired politician from Montserrat who served as the island's first Premier between 2010 and 2014. He previously served as Chief Minister between 1991 and 1996 and 2009 to 2010. A member of the Mov ...
elections
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later that year it won four of the seven seats in the Legislative Council, resulting in Meade becoming
Chief Minister
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.
The 1996 elections saw the party reduced to a single seat. It subsequently joined a coalition government with the
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 ...
(MNR) and an independent MP, with MNR leader Bertrand Osborne becoming Chief Minister.
The NPP won two seats in the
2001 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 2001.
Africa
* 2001 Beninese presidential election
* 2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election
* 2001 Cape Verdean presidential election
* 2001 Chadian presidential election
* 2001 Gabonese legislat ...
, in which 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,
won the remaining seven seats in an enlarged National Assembly. The party was subsequently dissolved in 2005, when Meade formed the