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West Indian Federation Labour Party
The West Indies Federal Labour Party was one of the two Federal parties in the short-lived West Indies Federation. The party was organised by Norman Manley, and won the Federal Elections in 1958. Since Manley did not contest the Federal elections, Sir Grantley Adams became the Prime Minister. The Opposition party was the Democratic Labour Party.
The party was a confederation of local parties from each of the constituent territories.
When Sir Alexander Bustamante won a referendum in Jamaica to leave the Federation, Eric Williams decided that the remaining burden was too great for Trinidad and Tobago to bear alone. Once Trinidad and Tobago declared its intention to leave the Federation, the British government dissolved the West Indies Federation.
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