Progressive Constitutionalist Party (Malta)

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The Progressive Constitutionalist Party (PCP) was a political party in Malta between 1953 and 1971.

History

The PCP was established in 1953 by Mabel Strickland, owner of the Times of Malta and daughter of Gerald Strickland, the founder of the Constitutional Party.^[1] It was a split from the Constitutional Party, which Strickland had left in protest against its support for the Labour Party's policy of integration with the United Kingdom.^[1]

The party failed to win a seat in elections in 1953 and 1955, but won a single seat in the 1962 elections. However, it lost its seat in the 1966 elections. After failing to win a seat in the 1971 elections it subsequently disappeared.^[2]

Ideology

The party promoted loyalty to the Catholic church and the British Crown, but advocated dominion status for Malta to avoid any cultural assimilation or secularisation that integration with the United Kingdom would bring.^[2] It also held a strict anti-communist line.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p635 ISBN 0-313-23804-9
1 2 McHale, p636

External links

Progressive Constitutional Party's Principles and Programme

Political parties in Malta

Represented in Parliament	Labour (39) Nationalist (30)

Other recognized parties	Democratic Alternative Imperium Europa

Defunct parties	Anti-Reform Christian Workers' Constitutional Democratic Action Democratic Nationalist (1921–1926) Democratic Nationalist (1959–1966) Gozo Jones Libertas Malta Malta Workers Party Maltese Political Union National Action National Progressive Constitutionalist Communist

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