Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party
The Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It contested the 1946 general elections, receiving 17.2% of the vote and winning two of the nine seats,[1] Clarence Abidh in Caroni and Victor Bryan in Eastern Counties.[2] Although it finished second in the 1950 elections, the party's vote share fell to 10.5% and it was reduced to a single seat. The party did not contest any further elections.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp639-642 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Jerome Teelucksingh (2014) Labour and the Decolonization Struggle in Trinidad and Tobago p185
- ^ Nohlen, p637
