United Workers' Party (Dominica)
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The United Workers' Party is a centrist political party in Dominica. The party was founded in 1988 by Edison James, Julius Timothy, Norris Prevost, Dennis Labassier and others. In the 1990 elections the UWP won 6 of the 21 seats and became the official opposition. In 1995 the UWP won 11 seats at the general elections forming the first UWP government headed by Edison James as prime minister. At the 31 January 2000 elections, the party won 43.3 % of popular votes and 9 out of 21 elected members of parliament. Though it captures the most popular votes, it got less seats then the Dominica Labour Party. The party was therefore once again in opposition. James continued to lead the party, which set up a tough campaign for the May 5, 2005 elections, but lost 1 seat. The party now has 8 seats in the assembly and remains in opposition. In December 2005 James stood down as political leader and and was replaced by Attorney Earl Williams, Minister of Communications and Works in the last UWP administration.
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