The West Indian National Congress Party was a

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History

The party was established in 1944 by Wynter Crawford as a breakaway from the Barbados Progressive League.Gary Lewis (1999)
White Rebel: The Life and Times of TT Lewis
', p87Charles D. Ameringer (1992)
Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies
', pp74–75 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. The party won seven seats in the

1946 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1946. Africa * French legislative election, November 1946 (French Equatorial Africa) * French legislative election, November 1946 (Guinea) * 1946–1947 Moyen-Congo Representative Council election * ...

and three seats in

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

. In the 1951 elections, the first under

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, the party was reduced to two seats. It did not run in subsequent general elections.

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p91 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

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