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UBP Leaders

On the attack: Opposition backbencher Grant Gibbons
1964 (Aug 21) — United Bermuda Party founded.1968 — UBP wins the General Election with 30 of 40 seats. Sir Henry Tucker is Party Leader.1971 (Dec 29) — Sir Edward Richards succeeds Henry Tucker as Party Leader.

1964 (Aug 21) — United Bermuda Party founded.

1968 — UBP wins the General Election with 30 of 40 seats. Sir Henry Tucker is Party Leader.

1971 (Dec 29) — Sir Edward Richards succeeds Henry Tucker as Party Leader.

1972 (May) — UBP wins the General Election with 30 of 40 seats. Edward Richards is Party Leader and Premier.

1976 — John Sharpe is elected Party Leader and Premier.

1976 — UBP wins the General Election with 26 of 40 seats with John Sharpe as Party Leader and Premier.

1977 (Aug) — John Sharpe resigns as Party Leader and Premier.

1977 (Aug 26) — David Gibbons is elected as Party Leader and Premier.

1980 (Dec) — UBP wins the General Election with 22 of 40 seats with David Gibbons as Party Leader and Premier.

1982 (Jan 15) — John Swan is elected as Party Leader and Premier.

1983 (Feb) — UBP wins the General Election with 26 of 40 seats with John Swan as Party Leader and Premier.

1985 (Oct) — UBP wins the General Election with 31 of 40 seats with John Swan as Party Leader and Premier.

1989 (Feb) — UBP wins the General Election with 23 of 40 seats with John Swan as Party Leader and Premier.

1993 (Oct) — UBP wins the General Election with 22 of 40 seats with Sir John Swan as Party Leader and Premier.

1995 (Aug) — Sir John Swan resigns as Premier after an unsuccessful campaign for Bermuda’s Independence

1995 (Aug) — Dr. David Saul succeeds Sir John Swan as Party Leader and Premier.

1997 (Mar 27) — Pamela Gordon succeeds Dr. David Saul as Party Leader and Premier and becomes Bermuda’s first female Premier, the youngest person ever to hold that office.

1998 (Nov 9) — UBP is defeated at a General Election for the first time, 26 seats to 14.

2001 (Oct 21) — Dr. Grant Gibbons succeeds Pamela Gordon as Party Leader and Leader of the Opposition.

2006 (Jan) — Wayne L. Furbert became the leader of the Opposition.

2007 (Mar 29) — Wayne Furbert resigns as Party leader and leader of the Opposition.

Pamela Gordon
John Sharpe
Sir John Swan
E T Richards
Jack Tucker
Sir David Gibbons