Malta Workers Party
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The Malta Workers Party was a political party in Malta
in the 1950s.
The Labour Party under the leadership of Paul Boffa
had won 24 out of 40 seats in the Maltese general election, 1947
. The party split in 1949 following disputes between Boffa and his deputy Dom Mintoff
. As a result, Boffa founded the Malta Workers Party while Mintoff founded the Malta Labour Party
.
In the Maltese general election, 1950
, the parties won 11 seats each while the Nationalist Party
won 12. In 1951 the MWP seats fell to 7 and in 1953 to 3, in both cases with the MWP supporting a Nationalist led government.
Boffa resigned as leader in 1955 for health reasons and the MWP did not contest the general election that year.
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
in the 1950s.
The Labour Party under the leadership of Paul Boffa
Paul Boffa
Sir Paul Boffa, OBE was a Maltese prime minister who took office after self-rule was reinstated by the British colonial authority following the end of World War II.-Life:...
had won 24 out of 40 seats in the Maltese general election, 1947
Maltese general election, 1947
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. The party split in 1949 following disputes between Boffa and his deputy Dom Mintoff
Dom Mintoff
Dom Mintoff is a Maltese politician, journalist and architect, who served as leader of the Labour Party from 1949 to 1984, Prime Minister of Malta from 1955 to 1958 and again, post-Independence, from 1971 to...
. As a result, Boffa founded the Malta Workers Party while Mintoff founded the Malta Labour Party
Malta Labour Party
The Labour Party is, along with the Nationalist Party, one of two major contemporary political parties in Malta. It is the party of opposition in the Maltese House of Representatives where it has thirty-four of the sixty-nine seats.- Party Structure :...
.
In the Maltese general election, 1950
Maltese general election, 1950
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, the parties won 11 seats each while the Nationalist Party
Nationalist Party (Malta)
The Nationalist Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in Malta, along with the Labour Party. It was founded by Fortunato Mizzi in 1880 as the Anti-Reform Party, opposing taxation decreed by the British colonial authorities and measures to Anglicise the educational and the...
won 12. In 1951 the MWP seats fell to 7 and in 1953 to 3, in both cases with the MWP supporting a Nationalist led government.
Boffa resigned as leader in 1955 for health reasons and the MWP did not contest the general election that year.