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TheMontserrat Democratic Party (MDP) was a political party inMontserrat.
The original Montserrat Democratic Party was established in 1958 and led by Eric Kelsick. It was only the second party founded in the country after theMontserrat Labour Party.[1] In theMay 1958 elections, it put forward two candidates, but received only 12% of the vote and failed to win a seat.
The party was re-established in 2006.[2] In theelections held later that year, it received 24.4% of the vote, winning one seat in theLegislative Council. Following the elections, it joined a coalition government with theNew People's Liberation Movement and an independent MP. Although the NPLM had won three seats, MDP leaderLowell Lewis becameChief Minister.
The party did not contest the2009 elections, although Lewis ran as an independent and was elected. The party also failed to contest the2014 elections.
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