United Bahamian Party

United Bahamian Party
LeaderRoland Theodore Symonette
Founded1956
DissolvedOctober 1971
Merged intoFree National Movement
IdeologyWhite minority interests

The United Bahamian Party (UBP) was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, including Stafford Sands, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967.[1] It was led by Roland Theodore Symonette.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005), Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p. 73. ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6