Progressive Liberal Party (Bahamas)

The PLP was founded in 1953 by William Cartwright, Cyril Stevenson, and Henry Milton Taylor.{{cite news|first=Celeste|last=Nixon|title= PLP Founder Cartwright Dies |url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2012/jun/08/plp-founder-cartwright-dies/ |work=Bahamas Tribune |date=8 June 2012 |access-date=1 July 2012}}{{cite news|first=Royston|last=Jones Jr.|title= PLP Co-founder William Cartwright Dies at 89 |url=http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31526&Itemid=27 |work=Nassau Guardian |date=8 June 2012|access-date=1 July 2012}} The PLP was the first national political party in the Bahamas.

The party governed for 25 straight years from 1967 to 1992, as well as from 2002 to 2007 and 2012 to 2017. Leading the party to its first victory in 1967 was Lynden Pindling, the country's first Prime Minister.

Perry Christie was Prime Minister of the Bahamas between 2 May 2002 and the 2007 general elections, when the party was defeated by the rival Free National Movement (FNM) which won 23 seats of the 41 seats. The FNM installed leader Hubert Ingraham as the Prime Minister. After defeat and one of its MPs leaving the party since, the PLP held 17 of the 41 seats in the Bahamas National Assembly.

In the 2012 general election,{{cite web |url=http://www.mherrera.org/elections.htm |title=Electoral Calendar – international elections world elections |access-date=12 May 2011 |publisher=mherrera.org}} the Progressive Liberals won a solid majority in a landslide election victory, taking 29 of the 38 seats in parliament.{{cite news|first=Jacqueline|last=Charles|title=Bahamas swears in new leader as ex-prime minister calls it quits |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/08/2789999/bahamas-swears-in-new-leader.html |work=Miami Herald |date=8 May 2012 |access-date=8 May 2012}} Christie was sworn into office on 8 May 2012.

Hubert Ingraham announced his retirement from politics following the defeat of his party.

In September 2021, the PLP defeated the ruling FNM in a snap election, as the economy struggled to recover from its deepest crash since at least 1971.{{Cite web|title=The Bahamas Election Results|url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/bs/elections/default.asp|access-date=2021-09-17|website=www.caribbeanelections.com}}{{cite news |title=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-16/bahamas-votes-in-knife-edge-election-after-16-economic-crash |work=www.bloomberg.com |date=17 September 2021}} The PLP won 32 of the 39 seats in the House of Assembly. The FNM took the remaining seats.{{cite news |title=Bahamas Election 2021: PLP election victory confirmed {{!}} Loop Caribbean News |url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/bahamas-election-2021-plp-election-victory-confirmed |work=Loop News |date=20 September 2021 |language=en}} On 17 September 2021, the chairman of the PLP Philip Davis was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bahamas to succeed Hubert Minnis.{{cite news |last1=McLeod |first1=Sheri-Kae |title=Phillip Davis Sworn in as Prime Minister of Bahamas . |url=https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/caribbean-breaking-news-featured/phillip-davis-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-of-bahamas/ |work=Caribbean News |date=17 September 2021 |language=en}}

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