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  • May 28, 1930
  • Mr. Seagas political career began in 1959 when Sir Alexander Bustamante, founder of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), nominated him to serve in the Upper House of the Jamaican Parliament, the Legislative Council (later the Senate).

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    Edward P.G. Seaga became Prime Minister of Jamaica following the General Election of October 30, 1980, when the Jamaica Labour Party won a landslide victory over the incumbent Peoples National Party (PNP) with the largest mandate ever.

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    On January 20, 2005, Mr. Seaga retired from the position of Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party which he held for 30 years and as a Member of Parliament after serving for 43 years in the House of Representatives (and two years in the Senate), the longest period of continuous service of any elected representative in the English Speaking Caribbean.

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    The mandate of Mr. Seaga and the Jamaica Labour Party was renewed in the uncontested 1983 General Elections.

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    The victory of the Jamaica Labour Party in 1980 was an event of great international interest which drew much attention worldwide.

  • August 3, 1918
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    It was now an independent nation, the pound was soon to be replaced by the dollar, and two major political parties the People's National Party and the Jamaica Labour Party held sway.

  • January 1, 1970
  • He further claimed that his company won about 10 contracts from the governing Jamaica Labour Party, which took state power in 2007.

  • January 1, 1970
  • There are two constituencies in St Elizabeth that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) believes it must win in order to remove the People's National Party (PNP) from the Government in the next general election.

  • January 1, 1970
  • The Jamaica Labour Party is promising major changes in the local information and communications technology (ICT) sector within the first six months to a year if it is elected to form the next government.

  • January 1, 1970
  • Edwin Leopold Allen, former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) parliamentarian and minister of education, was buried in a simple cemetery in his former North West Clarendon constituency, after an official funeral.

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