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'{{Infobox political party |name = Jamaica Labour Party |logo = [[Image:JlpLogo.png]] |colorcode = #00A94C |leader = [[Bruce Golding]] |chairperson = [[Kenneth Baugh]] |leader1_title = House Speaker |leader1_name = [[Delroy Chuck]] |leader2_title = Information Minister |leader2_name = [[Daryl Vaz]] |foundation = {{Start date|1943|07|08}} |ideology = [[Conservatism]],<br>[[Liberal conservatism]]<br>[[Social conservatism]]<br>[[Neo-conservatism]] |headquarters = [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]] |international = [[International Democrat Union]] |website = [http://www.jamaicalabourparty.com jamaicalabourparty.com] |country = Jamaica }} <noinclude> The '''Jamaica Labour Party''' (JLP) is one of the two major [[political parties]] in [[Jamaica]], the other being the [[People's National Party]]. Despite its name, the JLP is a [[centre-right]], [[conservative]] party. == Background == The party was founded on July 8, 1943 by [[Alexander Bustamante]] as the political wing of the [[Bustamante Industrial Trade Union]]. The JLP has governed Jamaica from independence in 1962 to 1972, from 1980 to 1989, and from 2007 to the present. Bustamante led the JLP from its founding until 1964, when he retired from active participation in politics. However, he did (PENIS) not relinquish the title of party leader for several years, until the party, following its defeat in the 1972 elections, gave him the honorific title of "The Chief". In the interim, the party was led by [[Donald Sangster]] (until 1967) and [[Hugh Shearer]] (until 1974), having the title of "First Deputy Leader". The party is based on [[fiscal conservatism]] and personal responsibility, similar to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in the United States. [[Edward Seaga]] became the second Leader of the party in 1974, succeeding Shearer, and served as [[prime minister]] from 1980 to 1989. [[Bruce Golding]] succeeded Seaga in 2005 as the JLP's third leader, and went on to lead the party to victory over the PNP in the September 2007 elections. The JLP uses the [[Liberty Bell]], the [[victory sign]], and the colour [[green]] as electoral symbols. ==List of Party Leaders== *[[Sir Alexander Bustamante]] (1962-1974) *[[Sir Donald Sangster]] (''acting'': 1965-1967){{ref|1|1}} *[[Hugh Shearer]] (''acting'': 1967-1974){{ref|1|1}} *[[Edward Seaga]] (1974-2005) *[[Bruce Golding]] (2005-present) :1.{{note|1}} <small>Donald Sangster and Hugh Shearer were not actually leaders of the JLP but were de facto party leaders during Bustamante's illness/withdrawal from active political life.</small> ==See also== *[http://www.jamaicalabourparty.com/ Official JLP website] *[http://www.discoverjamaica.com/gleaner/discover/geography/history8.htm History of the JLP and the PNP] {{Jamaican political parties}} [[Category:African and Black nationalism]] [[Category:Labour parties]] [[Category:Political parties established in 1943]] [[Category:Political parties in Jamaica]] {{Caribbean-party-stub}} {{Jamaica-stub}} [[de:Jamaica Labour Party]] [[fr:Parti travailliste de Jamaïque]] [[he:מפלגת הלייבור של ג'מייקה]] [[nl:Jamaica Labour Party]] [[ja:ジャマイカ労働党]] [[pl:Jamajska Partia Pracy]]'