Malta Workers Party

Political party in Malta

Malta Workers Party

Partit tal-Ħaddiema

Leader| Paul Boffa
Founded| 1949 (1949)
Dissolved| 1955 (1955)
Split from| Labour Party
Ideology| Pro-United Kingdom
Anti-communism
Colours| Brown

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The Malta Workers Party (Maltese: Partit tal-Ħaddiema, MWP) was a political party in Malta.

## History[edit]

The party was established in 1949 by Paul Boffa after he resigned as leader of the Labour Party following a motion of no confidence.[1] Both parties won 11 seats in the 1950 elections, allowing the Nationalist Party (which won 12 seats) to form the government.[2] In the elections the following year the Labour Party won 14 seats and the Workers Party won seven, with the Workers' Party joining a coalition government with the Nationalist Party.[1]

The party's support declined rapidly, and it won only three seats in the 1953 elections. It was disbanded in 1955.[1]

## Ideology[edit]

The party ran on a platform of co-operation with the British authorities in order to promote Maltese interests. It called for economic austerity and diverting funds to industrial development. Boffa publicly accused Labour Party leader Dom Mintoff of being a Communist and anti-clericalist.[1]

## Election results[edit]

Election  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–  | Position  | Status

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1950 | 24,616  | 23.2  |

11 / 40

|  11  |  3rd  | Opposition
1951 | 21,158  | 18.8  |

7 / 40

|  4  |  3rd  | Coalition
1953 | 14,000  | 11.8  |

3 / 40

|  4  |  3rd  | Coalition

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p633 ISBN 0-313-23804-9
2. ^ McHale, p636

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Political parties in Malta

Represented in Parliament|

* Labour Party (36)
* Nationalist Party (28)

Represented only in local councils|

Għarb First

Other recognized parties|

* ABBA
* AD+PD
* Imperium Europa
* People's Party
* Volt Malta

Defunct/inactive parties|

* Alleanza Bidla
* Christian Workers' Party
* Communist Party of Malta
* Constitutional Party
* Democratic Action Party
* Democratic Alternative
* Democratic Christian Party
* Democratic Nationalist Party (1921–1926)
* Democratic Nationalist Party (1959–1966)
* Democratic Party
* Gozo Party
* Jones Party
* Libertas Malta
* Maltese Democratic Party
* Maltese Political Union
* Malta Workers Party
* Moviment Patrijotti Maltin
* National Action
* Partito Popolare
* Progressive Constitutionalist Party

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