National Party of South-West Africa
National Party of South-West Africa Nasionale Party van Suidwes-Afrika Nationale Partij van Zuidwest-Afrika Nationale Partei von Südwestafrika | |
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| Headquarters | South-West Africa |
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Apartheid Social conservatism White minority rule South African rule in Namibia |
| Political position | Right-wing to Far-right |
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The National Party of South-West Africa (Afrikaans: Nasionale Party van Suidwes-Afrika Dutch: Nationale Partij van Zuidwest-Afrika German: Nationale Partei von Südwestafrika) was a political party in South-West Africa, a former name of Namibia.
History
In the 1940 South-West African legislative election, the party won two seats. It lost the seats in the 1945 South-West African legislative election, but saw two of its members appointed to the South-West African Legislative Assembly by the territory's administrator.
In the 1950 South-West African legislative election, the party was victorious, repeating its performance in elections in the 1953, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1970 and 1974 South-West African legislative elections.
In common with its parent party, internal divisions over race relations and the future status of the territory surfaced during the 1970s. Reformist members of the party led by Dirk Mudge formed the Republican Party in 1977 which became part of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance. For the first multi-ethnic elections in the 1978 South-West African legislative election, it formed part of the Action Front for the Retention of Turnhalle Principles which won six seats in the assembly. Members of the party later formed Action Christian National which became Monitor Action Group.
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