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Political party in Saba
Windward Islands People's Movement
LeaderRolando Wilson
PresidentBruce Zagers
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Preceded byWindward Islands People’s Party
IdeologyChristian democracy
Political positionCentre-right
Regional affiliationChristian Democrat Organization of America
Colours  Orange
Saba Island council3 / 5

The Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) is a political party in Saba. It has won a majority of seats in the Island Council in all but two elections since 1971.

It held all five seats in the Island Council after the 2019 elections and until June 1, 2022, when council member Hemmie Van Xanten resigned from the party while continuing to serve as a councilor. When party member Esmeralda Johnson was elected to a seat on the island council in 2019, she became the youngest person ever to serve on it.

Netherlands Antilles

Until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, the party competed in island council elections and for the single Saba seat in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles (which it won in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 elections). The party has also participated in the island council elections of Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten (until its merger with the Sint Maarten Patriotic Movement (S.P.M.)).

When Saba became part of the Netherlands as a special municipality in 2010, the 2007 island council stayed (where the party obtained four of the five seats) until the election under Dutch law in 2011.

Island Council electoral results

Election Votes % Seats +/– Government
1971 3 / 5 Majority
1975 421 73.09 4 / 5 Increase 1 Majority
1979 483 81.04 5 / 5 Increase 1 Majority
1983 470 77.43 4 / 5 Decrease 1 Majority
1987 328 51.01 2 / 5 Decrease 2 Opposition
1991 437 71.99 4 / 5 Increase 2 Majority
1995 346 54.75 2 / 5 Decrease 2 Opposition
1999 400 70.67 4 / 5 Increase 2 Majority
2003 298 47.30 3 / 5 Decrease 1 Majority
2007 447 73.8 4 / 5 Increase 1 Majority
2011 686 83.4 4 / 5 Steady 0 Majority
2015 545 57.2 3 / 5 Decrease 1 Majority
2019 777 79.04 5 / 5 Increase 2 Majority
2023 617 59.33 3 / 5 Decrease 2 Majority

References

  1. "@: Windward Islands People's Movement / @: W.I.P.M. / @: WIPM". Encyclopedie van de Nederlandse Antillen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. "WIPM (Saba) Grabs All 5 Seats!". BES Reporter. 20 March 2019.
  3. "New Saba Island Council, Commissioners sworn in". The Daily Herald. 29 March 2019.
  4. "Island Council Member Hemmie van Xanten resigned from WIPM party". Saba News. 4 June 2022.
  5. "New Island Council, Commissioners sworn in - Saba News". 2021-10-24. Archived from the original on 2021-10-24. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  6. "Nieuw stemmen op zijn Netherlands". Trouw (in Dutch). 19 February 2011.
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