The Solomon Islands Labour Party is a

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Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

. The party was founded in 1988 by the

Solomon Islands Council of Trade Unions The Solomon Islands Council of Trade Unions (SICTU) is a national trade union center in the Solomon Islands. It was created in the 1970s by the ''Solomon Islands General Workers' Union'' and had membership of over 90% of SI TUs. After the indepen ...

after the leadership of the union split.

Joses Tuhanuku Joses Tuhanuku (born 1 January 1952Biography
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, went on to lead the Labour Party, while

Bartholomew Ulufa'alu Bartholomew (Bart) Ulufa'alu (25 December 1950 – 25 May 2007) was the fifth Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands from 27 August 1997 to 30 June 2000.Solomon Islands Liberal Party The Solomon Islands Liberal Party (SILP) was a political party in the Solomon Islands. History The party was established as the Nationalist Party in 1975, before becoming the National Democratic Party (NADEPA).Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political pa ...

. The party participated in government 1993–1994 and then in the

Solomon Islands Alliance for Change The Solomon Islands Alliance for Change is a political alliance in Solomon Islands, led by the Solomon Islands Liberal Party, which was headed by Bartholomew Ulufa'alu until his death in May 2007. The SIAC includes the National Party, the Solomo ...

government 1997–2000. At the

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, December 5, 2001, the party won 1 out of 50 seats. The only MP was Joses Tuhanuku, elected from the Rennell and Bellona constituency. At the last

on 5 April 2006, the party won no seats.

References

Labour parties Political parties in the Solomon Islands Political parties established in 1988 1988 establishments in the Solomon Islands {{Solomons-party-stub