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The Progressive Association was a political party in British Guiana.

History

The party was established in 1887 by Patrick Dargan, who led it until his death in 1908. [1] [2] It later absorbed the Portuguese-founded Reform Association. [3] In the 1897 general elections the party supported several candidates, including Dargan and Andrew Benjamin Brown; almost all of them were elected. [3]

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References

  1. Edward A Alpers & Pierre-Michel Fontaine (1982) Walter Rodney, revolutionary and scholar: A tribute, Center for Afro-American Studies and African Studies Center, p20
  2. Nigel David Westmaas (2006) A Mirror of Social and Political Ferment: The Newspaper Press of Guyana, 1839-1899, ProQuest, p129
  3. 1 2 Political changes (1891-1917) Guyana.org