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The '''Commonwealth Labour Party''' was a minor political party in the [[Bahamas]].
==History==
The party was established by Assembly member [[Randol Fawkes]]. It nominated eight candidates for the [[1972 Bahamian general election|1972 general elections]],<ref>''Barclays International Review'', 1971, p50</ref> but received only 254 votes and failed to win a seat.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp79-82 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}</ref> Fawkes revived the party to contest a by-election in [[St. Barnabas (Bahamas Parliament constituency)|St Barnabas constituency]] in 1974, but finished third behind [[Sidney Outten]] and Arthur Foulkes.<ref>Colin A. Hughes (1981) ''Race and Politics in the Bahamas'', p196</ref>
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