Commonwealth Party (Gibraltar)
Commonwealth Party | |
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| Leader | Juan Jose Triay |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Dissolved | 1957 |
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TheCommonwealth Partywas apolitical partyinGibraltar.It was the second party to contest an election after theAssociation for the Advancement of Civil Rights(AACR) and was led byJuan Jose Triay.
History
[edit]The party was founded in 1953.[1]The party won a seat in the1956 general elections,taken by Triay. In the elections to theCity Council,three months later (on 5 December 1956) the Commonwealth Party got two out of ten seats, forGuy StagnettoandLouis Bruzon(besides 5 for the AACR, and 3 independents).
However, in 1957 Triay resigned from the Legislative Council in protest at the silence adopted by the other members of the council on theSpanishvisarestrictions issue. In theby-election,the Commonwealth Party candidate,Alfred Vasquezwas not elected and the party disbanded.
References
[edit]- ^Vincent E. McHale (1983)Political parties of Europe,Greenwood Press, p324ISBN0-313-23804-9
External links
[edit]| Represented inParliament | |
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| Formerly represented inParliament | |
| Formerly represented in theEuropean Parliament | |
| Defunct | |
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