West Indian National Congress Party

The West Indian National Congress Party was a political party in Barbados.

History

The party was established in 1944 by Wynter Crawford as a breakaway from the Barbados Progressive League.^[1]^[2] In the November 1944 elections it was one of the three parties that won eight of the 24 seats each, and formed a coalition government with the Progressive League.^[2] The party won seven seats in the 1946 elections and three seats in 1948. In the 1951 elections, the first under universal suffrage, the party was reduced to two seats. It did not run in subsequent elections.^[3] Crawford contested the next elections in 1956 as a candidate of the Democratic Labour Party, another breakaway from the Progressive League (now renamed the Barbados Labour Party).

References

^ Gary Lewis (1999) White Rebel: The Life and Times of TT Lewis, p87
^ ^a ^b Charles D. Ameringer (1992) Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies, pp74–75
^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p91 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

Political parties in Barbados

Current parties

Government	Barbados Labour Party (29)
Opposition	Democratic Labour Party (1)
Other parties	Solutions Barbados People's Party for Democracy and Development- People's Democratic Congress People's Empowerment Party (Clement Payne Movement) United Progressive Party Bajan Free Party Pan-Caribbean Congress Kingdom Government of Barbados New Barbados Kingdom Alliance Barbados Integrity Movement Barbados Sovereignty Party