Progressive Democratic Patriots

Progressive Democratic Patriots
Progressive Democratic Patriots
Abbreviation	PDP
Leader	Watson Duke
Chairperson	Sean Alexander Nedd
General Secretary	Ann Natasha Second
Leader in the Tobago House of Assembly	Farley Chavez Augustine
Founder	Watson Solomon Duke
Founded	December 2015
Headquarters	Portmall, Milford Road, Scarborough, Saint Andrew, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Ideology	Tobago regionalism; Localism[citation needed]; Decentralization[citation needed]; Progressivism[citation needed]; Civic nationalism[citation needed]
Political position	Centre to centre-left[citation needed]
Colors	Green; Black
Senate	0 / 31
House of Representatives	0 / 41
Tobago House of Assembly	14 / 15
Website
	pdptobago.org
	Politics of Trinidad and Tobago; Political parties; Elections;

The Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) is a political party in Tobago.^[2] Founded in 2016, it is currently the second-largest party in Tobagonian politics following the decline of the Tobago Organisation of the People.

In the January 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election, the party won the same number of seats (6) as the Tobago Council of the People's National Movement, breaking their streak of winning every Tobago House of Assembly election since 2001. It later led to a snap election being called in December 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election December to break the tie, as well as an increase in the number of legislative seats from 12 to 15 (an odd number) to avoid future ties.

In the December 2021 Tobago House of Assembly snap election, the PDP won an unprecedented 14 out of the 15 seats available, ending 21 consecutive years of PNM control over the Assembly. PDP member Farley Augustine was sworn in as the 5th Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly on 9 December 2021.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ Thompson-Forbes, Cassandra (14 May 2020). "PDP wants economic independence for Tobago". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 20 February 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP)." caribbeanelections.com. KnowledgeWalk Institute, 29 November 2021. Web.
^ "A Tobago dream come alive". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ "FARLEY MANIA". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[Thompson-Forbes-1] Thompson-Forbes, Cassandra (14 May 2020). "PDP wants economic independence for Tobago". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 20 February 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP)." caribbeanelections.com. KnowledgeWalk Institute, 29 November 2021. Web.

[3] "A Tobago dream come alive". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

[4] "FARLEY MANIA". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

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