The Solomon Islands Liberal Party (SILP) was a political party in the

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 capit ...

History

The party was established as the Nationalist Party in 1975, before becoming the National Democratic Party (NADEPA).Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific: Laos–Western Samoa'', Greenwood Press, p1001 Its founders,

Joses Tuhanuku Joses Tuhanuku (born 1 January 1952Biography
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and Bartholomew Ulufa'alu, were trade union leaders, with Tuhanuku heading the

Solomon Islands General Workers' Union 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 indep ...

. It won eight of the 38 seats in the 1976 general elections. It was reduced to two seats in the 1980 elections and one seat in the 1984 elections. In 1986 the party was renamed the Solomon Islands Liberal Party;''The Far East and Australasia 2003', p1102'' a split later saw Tuhanuku leave to form the Solomon Islands Labour Party in 1988. In the 1989 elections it won two seats, but lost both in the 1993 elections. It won four seats in the 1997 elections, in which it was part of 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 So ...

. The alliance parties won a narrow majority in Parliament and Ulufa'alu became Prime Minister. The alliance lost power as a result of 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 legislative ...

, which saw it win only 12 of the 50 seats, of which the SILP took two. The party won two seats in the

2006 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2006. * Elections in 2006 * Electoral calendar 2006 * 2006 Acehnese regional election * 2006 American Samoan legislative election * 2006 Bahraini parliamentary election * 2006 Costa Rican president ...

, and one in the 2010 elections, with Prime Minister

Derek Sikua David Derek Sikua (born 10 October 1959Sikua CV at Parliament website
) served as th ...

being its sole successful candidate in North East Guadalcanal. It did not contest the 2014 elections.

References

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