Manx People's Political Association

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The Manx People's Political Association (MPPA) was a political party active in the Isle of Man.[1] They first contested elections in the 1946 election to the House of Keys.[2] They were formed as a conservative and anti-socialist alternative to the Manx Labour Party which was running a high-profile electoral campaign and had hopes of emulating the British Labour Party's success in the previous year's United Kingdom general election.[3] They were similar in many ways to the previous National Party that had been active in Manx politics.

The MPPA fielded four candidates in Douglas and all were successful. This compared to the Labour Party, which had nominated 18 candidates and returned only 2 MHKs.

The MPPA withered as their MHKs stepped down from active politics, with subsequent conservatives preferring to contest elections as independents.

References

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  1. ^ "Sir John Brown Bolton - Biographies". imuseum.im. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Offshore Island Politics. The Constitutional And Political Development Of The Isle Of Man In The Twentieth Century. David G. Kermode [PDF] [51rgvkp78b90]". vdoc.pub. Retrieved 15 May 2025. The Douglas-based Manx People's Political Association (MPPA) was established in March 1946 with the aim of obtaining representation in the Keys for small businessmen on a private enterprise platform.
  3. ^ McArthur, Euan (2025). "Records of the Isle of Man at the Bodleian Library" (PDF). Bodleian Library Record. 36 (1–2): 13. Retrieved 15 May 2025.


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