The Saint Vincent Labour Party was a social democratic

Social democracy

Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

 political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....

, and the ruling party between 1967 and 1972 and again from 1974 until 1984.

History

The party was established in 1955. In the 1957 general elections

Vincentian general election, 1957

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 12 September 1957. The result was a victory for the People's Political Party, which won five of the eight seats. Voter turnout was 70.9%.-Results:...

 it received 19.0% of the vote, putting it in second place, but failed to win a seat. In the 1961 elections

Vincentian general election, 1961

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 20 April 1961. The result was a victory for the People's Political Party, which won six of the nine seats. Voter turnout was 77.1%.-Results:...

 the party received 47.9% of the vote and three seats, losing by only 336 votes to the ruling People's Political Party

People's Political Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

The People's Political Party was a political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It was established in 1952 as a breakaway from the ruling Eighth Army of Liberation, and was the country's first lasting nationwide political party. It was the only party to contest the 1954 general elections...

, who won nine seats. In the 1966 elections

Vincentian general election, 1966

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 22 August 1966. Although the Saint Vincent Labour Party received the most votes, the People's Political Party won a majority of seats. Voter turnout was 84.1%.-Results:...

 they received 50.9% of the vote, but the PPP won five seats to the Labour Party's four. However, early elections

Vincentian general election, 1967

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 19 May 1967, less than a year after the previous elections. The result was a victory for the Saint Vincent Labour Party, which won six of the nine seats. Voter turnout was 82.6%.-Results:...

 the following year saw the Labour Party increase their vote share to 53.8% and take six of the nine seats.

Despite receiving over 50% of the vote again in 1972

Vincentian general election, 1972

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 7 April 1972. The result was a tie between the People's Political Party and the Saint Vincent Labour Party, which both won six seats. Despite being a former member of the SVLP , the sole independent MP James Fitz-Allen Mitchell...

, the elections resulted in a tie with both parties winning six seats. The sole independent candidate, James Fitz-Allen Mitchell

James Fitz-Allen Mitchell

Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell was the second Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the founder of the New Democratic Party . He also served as Premier of the then colony from 1972 to 1974.-Life and career:...

 formed a government with his former party, the PPP, and was appointed Prime Minister. However, a further set of early elections

Vincentian general election, 1974

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 9 December 1974. The result was a victory for the Saint Vincent Labour Party, which won ten of the 13 seats. Voter turnout was 63.2%.-Results:...

 in 1974 saw the Labour Party claim 69.0% of the vote and win ten of the thirteen seats. They remained in power following the 1979 elections

Vincentian general election, 1979

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 5 December 1979. The result was a victory for the Saint Vincent Labour Party, which won eleven of the thirteen seats. Voter turnout was 63.9%.-Results:...

, but lost the 1984 elections

Vincentian general election, 1984

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 25 July 1984. The result was a victory for the New Democratic Party, which won nine of the thirteen seats. Voter turnout was 88.8%.-Results:...

 to the New Democratic Party. In the 1989 elections

Vincentian general election, 1989

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 16 May 1989. The result was a victory for the New Democratic Party, which won all fifteen seats. Voter turnout was 72.4%.-Results:...

 the NDP won all 15 seats. The Labour Party regained two seats in the 1994 elections

Vincentian general election, 1994

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 21 February 1994. The result was a victory for the New Democratic Party, which won twelve of the fifteen seats. Voter turnout was 65.6%.-Results:...

, and on 16 October 1994 they merged with the Movement for National Unity

Movement for National Unity

The Movement for National Unity was a political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It was formed shortly before the 1984 general elections by a split from the United People's Movement due to the refusal of most party members to disown Fidel Castro's politics. The new party received 2.0% of...

 to form the Unity Labour Party

Unity Labour Party

The Unity Labour Party is a democratic socialist political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Currently the governing party, it is led by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves.-History:...

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