The Manx People's Political Association (MPPA) was a political party

Political party

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 active in the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

. They first contested elections in the 1946 election to the House of Keys

House of Keys

The House of Keys is the directly elected lower branch of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, the other branch being the Legislative Council....

. They were formed as a conservative

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 and anti-socialist alternative to the Manx Labour Party

Manx Labour Party

The Manx Labour Party is a political party operating in the Isle of Man. It is independent of its namesake, the Labour Party in the UK.-History:...

 which was running a high profile electoral campaign and had hopes of emulating the British Labour Party's success in the previous year's United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1945

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. They were similar in many ways to the previous National Party

Manx National Party

The first Manx National Party was a party that identified itself with the UK Conservatives. They were active in the period between World War I and World War II in opposing the activities of the Manx Labour Party. However, unlike the Manx Labour Party, they were unsuccessful in establishing...

 that had been active in Manx politics.

The MPPA fielded four candidates in Douglas

Douglas, Isle of Man

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and all were successful. This compared to the Labour Party who had nominated 18 candidates and returned only 2 MHKs.

The MPPA withered as their MHKs stepped down from active politics, with subsequent conservatives preferring to contest elections as independents.