The People's Liberation Movement (PLM) 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, wit ...

History

The PLM was established by

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in 1973.People's Liberation Movement (NPLM)
Caribbean Elections In the

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it won all seven seats in the

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, with Osborne becoming

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. The party also won the 1983 elections, claiming five of the seven seats. In the 1987 elections it was reduced to four seats, but maintained a majority in the Legislative Council. However, Minister of Communications Benjamin Chalmers left the party over corruption allegations, meaning it lost its majority.General Election Results - 8 October 1991
Caribbean Elections As a result, early elections were held in 1991, in which the party lost all four seats. In 1996 the party was dissolved and replaced by the People's Progressive Alliance. In 2001 the PPA merged 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, b ...

to form the

New People's Liberation Movement The New People's Liberation Movement was a political party in Montserrat led by John Osborne (Montserrat politician), John Osborne. History The NPLM was established in 2001 by a merger of the People's Progressive Alliance (Montserrat), People's P ...

References

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