The Saint Helena Progressive Party was a

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on the island of

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). The party favoured retaining economic links with the

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. The Saint Helena Progressive Party was founded in 1973. Its founders included eleven out of twelve members of the

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elected in 1972. The emergence of political parties on Saint Helena followed an increase in political awareness of the population on the island, after economic stringency measures had been adopted as a consequence of increased international inflation. The Saint Helena Progressive Party won eleven out of twelve Legislative Council seats in the September 1976 election. The party appears to have become defunct around 1976, at a similar point in time as its adversary the Saint Helena Labour Party.

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{{reflist 1973 establishments in Saint Helena and Dependencies Political parties in Saint Helena Political parties established in 1973