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United Bermuda Party Timeline

1964 (Aug. 21) – United Bermuda Party founded.

1968 – UBP wins General Election with 30 of 40 seats (Henry Tucker, Party Leader).

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

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

1976 – John Sharpe elected Party Leader (and Premier).

1976 – UBP wins General Election with 26 of 40 seats (John Sharpe, Party Leader and Premier).

1977 – Under 40 Caucus, the Party's first youth wing was established (Michael Winfield, President).

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

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

1980 (Dec) – UBP wins General Election with 22 of 40 seats (David Gibbons, Party Leader and Premier)

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

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

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

1989 (Feb) – UBP wins General Election with 23 of 40 seats (John Swan, Party Leader and Premier)

1993 (Oct) – UBP wins General Election with 22 of 40 seats (Sir John Swan, 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 defeated at a General Election for the first time 26-14.

2001 (Oct. 2001 – Jan. 2006) – Dr. Grant Gibbons succeeds Pamela Gordon as Party Leader (and Leader of the Opposition).

2006 (Jan – March 31, 2007) the Hon. Wayne L. Furbert succeeds Dr. Grant Gibbons as Party Leader (and Leader of the Opposition).

2007 (April 2nd – Present) the Hon. Michael Dunkley succeeds the Hon. Wayne L. Furbert as Party Leader (and Leader of the Opposition).