The Democratic Party was the first political party in the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

.Decolonising the Solomon Islands: British theory and Melanesian practice
Alfred Deakin Research Institute

History

The party was established in June 1965 by Mariano Kelesi and Eric Lawson.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific: Laos–Western Samoa'', Greenwood Press, p1000 Kelesi and Lawson were both members of the

Legislative Council A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state. It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in the Brit ...

, and the formation of the party was aimed at bringing together elected members, which had been introduced to the Council in 1964. In total, eight MLCs joined the new party.Self-Government Aim for BSIP
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', July 1965, p15 The party had disappeared by 1967.

References

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