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History slavery Guyana đź“Ť Guyana

House of Assembly

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Adult-suffrage election brings the People’s Progressive Party to office

đź“… 27 April 1953

On 27 April 1953, British Guiana held its first general election under universal adult suffrage, with 24 House of Assembly seats contested. The People’s Progressive Party (PPP), an anti-colonial...