Progressive Constitutionalist Party (Malta)
Political party in Malta
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The Progressive Constitutionalist Party (PCP) was a political party in Malta between 1953 and 1971.
Progressive Constitutional Party Maltese: Partit Progressiv Kostituzzjonali (Maltese name never used) | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Mabel Strickland |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Dissolved | 1971 |
| Split from | Constitutional Party |
| Newspaper | Times of Malta (de facto) |
| Ideology | British Monarchism Pro-Dominion status Anti-Communism |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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 post-independence 1966 elections. After failing to win a seat in the 1971 elections it subsequently disappeared.[2]
