Democratic Action Congress

Trinidad and Tobago
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Trinidad and Tobago
Government President (List) Anthony Carmona Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Parliament Parliament Senate House of Representatives Leader of the Opposition Keith Rowley
Judiciary Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Judiciary Court of Appeal High Court
Elections Elections: 2002, 2007, 2010 Political parties
Local Government Corporations Tobago House of Assembly Former Counties
Foreign Policy Foreign relations
Other countries Atlas Politics portal
v t e

The Democratic Action Congress (DAC) was a Tobago-based political party in Trinidad and Tobago.

History

The party was established in 1971 by A. N. R. Robinson, and was originally an autonomist party. It first contested general elections in 1976,^[1] in which it won both Tobago seats, taken by Robinson and Winston Murray. The party went on to dominate the Tobago House of Assembly, and retained both seats in the 1981 elections.

In 1986 the party merged into the National Alliance for Reconstruction. However, after the NAR lost control of the Tobago House of Assembly in 2001, an attempt was made to oust Hochoy Charles as the NAR leader in Tobago in 2004. As a result, Charles left the NAR and re-formed the DAC. In the 2005 elections the DAC routed the NAR (which was reduced to just 113 votes), but only won a single seat.

In the 2007 national general elections the party failed to win a seat, despite forming an alliance known as the Tobago United Front. From this grouping emerged a new party - the Tobago Organisation of the People. Whilst the majority of the DAC supported the merger, Charles withdrew from the merger claiming that the DAC still existed as a separate organisation. However, it did not put forward any candidates for the 2009 elections.

References

v t e Political parties in Trinidad and Tobago Current parties People's Partnership Congress of the People Movement for Social Justice National Joint Action Committee Tobago Organisation of the People United National Congress New National Vision People's National Movement Independent liberal party Defunct parties African National Congress Butler Party Caribbean National Labour Party Caribbean People's Democratic Party Caribbean Socialist Party Citizens' Alliance Democratic Action Congress Democratic Labour Party Democratic National Assembly Democratic Party Fargo House Movement Liberal Party Liberation Action Party Movement for Unity and Progress National Alliance for Reconstruction National Democratic Organisation National Freedom Party National Transformation Party National Trinidad and Tobago Party Natural Law Party Organisation for National Reconstruction Party of Political Progress Groups People's Democratic Party People's Empowerment Party People's Popular Movement People's Republican Party People's Voice Party Progressive Democratic Party Seukeran Independent Party Social Democratic Labour Party Tapia House Movement The Mercy Society Trade Union Council Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party Trinidad Labour Party United Freedom Party United Front United Labour Front West Indian Independence Party West Indian National Party West Indian Political Congress Movement Workers and Farmers Party Young People's National Party Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Trinidad and Tobago