Flying Together 4-Jamaica
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FLYING TOGETHER: IV -<br />
JAMAICA: THE LAND WE LOVE<br />
1938: The People’s National Party (PNP) was formed by The Right Honourable Norman<br />
Washington Manley.<br />
1943: The <strong>Jamaica</strong> Labour Party (JLP) was formed by The Right Honourable Alexander<br />
Bustamante.<br />
1944: <strong>Jamaica</strong> Labour Party won elections for the House of Representatives, in the first<br />
general elections under universal adult suffrage.<br />
1958: The West Indian Federation was formed, uniting ten English-speaking countries of<br />
the Eastern Caribbean and <strong>Jamaica</strong>.<br />
1959: People’s National Party won elections for the House of Representatives and The<br />
Right Honourable Norman Washington Manley appointed first and only Premier.<br />
1961: <strong>Jamaica</strong> withdrew from the Federation of the West Indies, as mandated in a<br />
referendum that year.<br />
6 August 1962: <strong>Jamaica</strong> became an Independent Nation<br />
1962: The <strong>Jamaica</strong> Labour Party won the general elections to the House of<br />
Representatives and Sir Alexander Bustamante became the first Prime Minister of <strong>Jamaica</strong>.<br />
Administratively, <strong>Jamaica</strong> is divided into fourteen parishes in three counties. Every parish<br />
has a sea coast..<br />
The traditional county towns were Savanna-la-Mar for Cornwall County, Spanish Town for<br />
Middlesex County, and Kingston for Surrey County.<br />
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