NFP-Labour Coalition (Fiji)
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NFP-Labour Coalition was the coalition of the National Federation Party
and Fiji Labour Party
under the leadership of Timoci Bavadra
, formed in 1987 to contest that year's general election. The coalition won the election with 28 seats in the House of Representatives
to the Alliance Party's 24 seats, ending the Alliance Party's 21-year rule in Fiji. The government lasted only a month when it was deposed by the military coup of 1987.
National Federation Party (Fiji)
The National Federation Party is a Fijian political party founded by A.D. Patel in November 1968, as a merger of the Federation Party and the National Democratic Party...
and Fiji Labour Party
Fiji Labour Party
The Fiji Labour Party is a political party in Fiji, which holds observer status with the Socialist International. Most of its support at present comes from the Indo-Fijian community, although it is officially multiracial and its first leader was an indigenous Fijian, Dr. Timoci Bavadra. It is...
under the leadership of Timoci Bavadra
Timoci Bavadra
Timoci Uluivuda Bavadra was a medical doctor who served for one month as the second Prime Minister of Fiji in 1987 and who founded the Fiji Labour Party....
, formed in 1987 to contest that year's general election. The coalition won the election with 28 seats in the House of Representatives
House of Representatives (Fiji)
The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Fiji's Parliament. It is the more powerful of the two chambers; it alone has the power to initiate legislation...
to the Alliance Party's 24 seats, ending the Alliance Party's 21-year rule in Fiji. The government lasted only a month when it was deposed by the military coup of 1987.