The National Labour Front (NLF) was a political party in Guyana.
History The NLF was established by Lionel Luckhoo in 1956 after a split in the United Democratic Party.Colin A. Palmer (2010) Cheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power: British Guiana's Struggle for Independence, Univ of North Carolina Press, p205The all-party conferences Guyana.orgOdeen Ishmael (2002) Cheddi Jagan - Glimpses of an Internationalist Luckhoo was persuaded to establish the party by wealthy anti-communist Indo-Guyanese, and it ran on an anti-independence platform, opposing the People's Progressive Party.
In the 1957 general elections it was the only party to nominate a candidate in all 14 Legislative Council seats, and had a large campaign budget. The party received 12% of the vote, winning only a single seat in the North Western District constituency, taken by Stephen Campbell,1957 Elections GECOM who became the first Amerindian member of the Guyanese parliament.Stephen Campbell MP Guyanese Achievers
The party did not run in the 1961 elections, but returned to contest the 1964 elections. However, it received only 177 votes and failed to win a seat.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp366-368 The party did not contest any further elections.Nohlen, p365
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