Democratic Party (Solomon Islands, historical)

The Democratic Party was the first political party in the Solomon Islands.Decolonising the Solomon Islands: British theory and Melanesian practice Alfred Deakin Research Institute

History The party was established in June 1965 by Mariano Kelesi and Eric Lawson.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific: Laos–Western Samoa, Greenwood Press, p1000 Kelesi and Lawson were both members of the Legislative Council, and the formation of the party was aimed at bringing together elected members, which had been introduced to the Council in 1964. In total, eight MLCs joined the new party.Self-Government Aim for BSIP Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1965, p15

The party had disappeared by 1967.

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