The Nevis Reformation Party is a Nevis-based political party in Saint Kitts and Nevis. The party currently holds none of the eleven seats in the National Assembly. It is the official opposition party on Nevis, holding two of five seats in the Nevis Island Assembly after losing to the CCM in the 2022 election. Since 2020, the NRP has been led by businesswoman and environmental consultant Janice Daniel-Hodge, the first woman to lead a political party in the country and daughter of former Premier of Nevis Simeon Daniel.[3][4]
Nevis Reformation Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Janice Daniel-Hodge |
| Founded | 1 August 1970 |
| Headquarters | NRP Party Headquarters,Nelson Spring, St. Thomas’ Parish, Nevis |
| Ideology | Nevisian interests Regionalism[1] Federalism[2] Autonomism |
| Slogan | Peace, Progress, Prosperity |
| National Assembly (Nevisian Seats) | 0 / 3
|
| Nevis Island Assembly | 2 / 5
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| Website | |
| nrp2020.com | |
History
editThe party was established on 1 August 1970.[5] They first contested national elections in 1971 when they received 7.7% of the national votes and won a single seat.[6] In the 1975 elections the party's vote share rose to 16.2%, but they lost their single seat. After winning 16.0% of the vote in the 1980 elections they won two seats and became part of the People's Action Movement-led coalition government.[7] In 1984 their vote share fell to 10.1% but they increased their representation to three seats. They were reduced to two seats in 1989. The first leader of the party, Simeon Daniel, retired in 1992.[8] The party won only one seat in 1993. The party has since retained their single seat in elections in 1995, 2000, 2004 and 2010. In 2010 NRP representative Patrice Nisbett joined the federal cabinet as Attorney General of Saint Kitts and Nevis.[9]
In 2006, the party won the Nevis Island Assembly elections, taking three of the five seats and ending the 14-year rule of the Concerned Citizens' Movement. In the 2011 elections, they remained in power after winning three seats again.
The party have lost the last two elections, with the NRP currently in opposition on the Nevis Island Assembly after winning only one of the five available seats in the December 2017 Nevis Island Assembly election.
Leadership
editUntil 2020, the party has had four leaders:[10] Simeon Daniel (1970–1992), Joseph Parry (1992–2018), Robelto Hector (2018–2020)[11] and Janice Daniel-Hodge (since 2020).[12]
Election results
editNational Assembly
edit| Election year | Party leader | # of votes |
% of vote |
# of Nevisian seats won |
+/– | Govt? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Simeon Daniel | 1,127 | 7.7 (#3) | 1 / 1
|
 1
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Opposition |
| 1975 | 1,987 | 16.2 (#3) | 2 / 2
|
1
|
Opposition | |
| 1980 | 2,356 | 16.0 (#3) | 2 / 2
|
|
Coalition[13] | |
| 1984 | 1,830 | 10.1 (#3) | 3 / 3
|
1
|
Coalition[14] | |
| 1989 | 1,948 | 10.9 (#3) | 2 / 3
|
 1
|
Coalition[15] | |
| 1993 | Joseph Parry | 1,641 | 8.5 (#4) | 1 / 3
|
1
|
Coalition[16] |
| 1995 | 1,521 | 7.0 (#4) | 1 / 3
|
|
Opposition | |
| 2000 | 1,710 | 7.8 (#4) | 1 / 3
|
|
Opposition | |
| 2004 | 1,688 | 7.5 (#4) | 1 / 3
|
|
Opposition | |
| 2010 | 2,539 | 9.8 (#4) | 1 / 3
|
|
Coalition[17] | |
| 2015 | 3,276 | 10.8 (#4) | 1 / 3
|
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Opposition | |
| 2020 | Robelto Hector | 2,232 | 8.0 (#5) | 0 / 3
|
1
|
Extra-parliamentary |
| 2022 | Janice Daniel-Hodge | 2,616 | 8.91 (#5) | 0 / 3
|
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Extra-parliamentary |
References
edit- ^ Gunson, Phil; Chamberlain, Greg; Thompson, Andrew (22 December 2015). The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-27054-6. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Adam Carr's Electoral Archive". psephos.adam-carr.net. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "CANDIDATES". Nrpproject. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ @aamuedu (14 September 2020). "Register" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 August 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ About the NRP Nevis Reform Party
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp576-578 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Joseph, Tennyson S. D. (16 August 2011). Decolonization in St. Lucia: Politics and Global Neoliberalism, 1945-2010. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-61703-118-2. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Nevis' First Premier - Dr. Simeon Daniel Passes Away". Nevis Island News and Notes. 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Hector & Nisbett - P. D. Nisbett". hectornisbettlaw.com.
- ^ "Nevis Reformation Party turns 50".
- ^ "Dr. Janice Daniel-Hodge New Leader of NRP. First Woman To Lead A Political Party in St. Kitts and Nevis". NevisPages.com. 13 September 2020.
- ^ "CANDIDATES". Nrpproject. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "St Kitts Nevis elections" (PDF).
- ^ "St Kitts Nevis elections" (PDF).
- ^ "SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS: parliamentary elections National Assembly, 1989". archive.ipu.org.
- ^ "STALEMATE AND CRISIS: THE 1993 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS" (PDF).
- ^ "Asim Martin Appointed Deputy PM :: The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer". 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015.