The Christian Democratic Party (CDP) was a political party in Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

. The party was founded in February 1985 by the supporters of former Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Samoa

This is a list of Prime Ministers of Samoa from the establishment of that office in 1875 until the present day.-List of Prime Ministers of Samoa :-See also:*Samoa**Politics of Samoa...

 Tupuola Taisi Tufuga Efi. At the 1985 election

Samoan general election, 1985

General elections were held in Samoa on 22 February 1985. Voting was restricted to Matai and citizens of European origin , with the Matai electing 45 MPs and Europeans two. The result was a victory for the Human Rights Protection Party, which won 32 seats...

 the party won only 15 of 47 seats, but was able to form a coalition government in December 1985 after 11 Human Rights Protection Party

Human Rights Protection Party

The Human Rights Protection Party is a Samoan political party. It has been the dominant party in Samoan politics since 1982.The party was co-founded in May 1979 by Va'ai Kolone and Tofilau Eti Alesana in opposition to the government of Tupuola Efi...

 MPs crossed the floor to vote against the budget of then-Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana

Tofilau Eti Alesana

Tofilau Eti Alesana, AC, born Aualamalefalelima Alesana, was a Samoan politician. He was born in Vaitogi, Tutuila, American Samoa to a Samoan upper-class parents, Reverend James Alesana Fai'ivae and Vaoita Iosefa Mala'itai...

. Va'ai Kolone

Va'ai Kolone

Va'ai Kolone was a Prime Minister of Samoa and a founder of the Human Rights Protection Party in Samoa. He served as Prime Minister twice, first between 13 April and 18 September 1982, and then from 30 December 1985 until 8 April 1988...

 became Prime Minister. While apparently retaining a majority after the 1988 election

Samoan general election, 1988

General elections were held in Samoa on 26 February 1988. Voting was restricted to Matai and citizens of European origin , with the Matai electing 45 MPs and Europeans two. Although the Human Rights Protection Party received more than double the number of votes of the Coalition of the Christian...

, the party lost power after the defection of Tanuvasa Livigisitone to the HRPP.

On April 8 1988 the party merged with the Samoa National Party

Samoa National Party

The Samoa National Party is a political party in Samoa without parliamentary representation.The head representative for this party is Billy Asbell who has been running for the past 12 years....

 to form the Samoan National Development Party

Samoan National Development Party

The Samoan National Development Party was a political party in Samoa, and the country's main opposition party between 1988 and 2003.The party was formed from a merger of the Christian Democratic Party and Samoa National Party in April 1988. At the 2001 election the party won 23.5% of popular...

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