Dominica Labour Party

The Dominica Labour Party is a political party in Dominica.

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Political party - Dominica

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At the elections, of 31 january 2000, the party gained power for the first time, winning 43.1 % of popular votes and 10 out of 21 elected members of parliament. At that moment the DLP was led by Rosie Douglas. He was a former socialist radical, and many feared that his approach to politics might be impractical. However, he formed a coalition with the more conservative Dominica Freedom Party. Douglas died suddenly after only a few months in office, on October 1, 2000, and was replaced by Pierre Charles. On January 6, 2004, Charles, who had been suffering from heart problems since 2003, died. He became the second consecutive prime minister of Dominica to die in office of a heart attack. The foreign minister, Osborne Riviere immediately became prime minister, but the education minister, Roosevelt Skerrit succeeded him as prime minister and became the new leader of the party. At the last elections on May 5 2005 the party strengthened its coalition with its former rival the Dominica Freedom Party, with the two parties not running against each other's candidates and some saying that the parties may soon merge. The DLP won 12 seats, while the Freedom Party won 0, but by gaining two seats the Labor Party formed another government on its own.

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Elections - Rosie Douglas - Socialist - Radical - Dominica Freedom Party - Pierre Charles - Osborne Riviere - Roosevelt Skerrit - May 5 - 2005

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