Progressive Association

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The Progressive Association was a political party in British Guiana.

History

The party was established in 1887 by Patrick Dargan, who led it until his death in 1908.^[1]^[2] It later absorbed the Portuguese-founded Reform Association.^[3] In the 1897 general elections the party supported several candidates, including Dargan and Andrew Benjamin Brown; almost all of them were elected.^[3]

References

↑ Edward A Alpers & Pierre-Michel Fontaine (1982) Walter Rodney, revolutionary and scholar: A tribute, Center for Afro-American Studies and African Studies Center, p20
↑ Nigel David Westmaas (2006) A Mirror of Social and Political Ferment: The Newspaper Press of Guyana, 1839-1899, ProQuest, p129
1 2 Political changes (1891-1917) Guyana.org

Political parties in Guyana
Parliamentary parties	Alliance for Change–A Partnership for National Unity GAP JFAP NDF NFA PNC WPA People's Progressive Party
Extraparliamentary parties	National Independent Party The United Force United Republican Party
Defunct parties	British Guiana Labour Party Democratic Labour Movement God Bless Guyana Good and Green Guyana Guiana United Muslim Party Guyana Democratic Party Guyana Labour Party Justice Party Liberator Party Manpower Citizens' Association National Democratic Party National Labour Front National Republican Party Peace, Equality and Prosperity Party People's Democratic Movement Political Affairs Committee Popular Party Progressive Association Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana United Democratic Party Union of Guyanese International United Workers Party Working People's Vanguard Party
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