The Dominica Labour Party is a political party in Dominica. At the elections, of 31 january 2000, the party gained power for the first time, winning 43.1 % of popular votes and 10 out of 21 elected members of parliament. At that moment the DLP was led by Rosie Douglas. He was a former socialist radical, and many feared that his approach to politics might be impractical. However, he formed a coalition with the more conservative Dominica Freedom Party. Douglas died suddenly after only a few months in office, on October 1, 2000, and was replaced by Pierre Charles. On January 6, 2004, Charles, who had been suffering from heart problems since 2003, died. He became the second consecutive prime minister of Dominica to die in office of a heart attack. The foreign minister, Osborne Riviere immediately became prime minister, but the education minister, Roosevelt Skerrit succeeded him as prime minister and became the new leader of the party. At the last elections on May 5, 2005 the party strengthened its coalition with its former rival the Dominica Freedom Party, with the two parties not running against each other's candidates and some saying that the parties may soon merge. The DLP won 12 seats, while the Freedom Party won 0, but by gaining two seats the Labor Party formed another government on its own. A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... Politics of Dominica Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Dominica ... Roosevelt Douglas (October 15, 1941 - October 1, 2000) was prime minister of Dominica from February 2000 until his death later that year. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Radical is derived from the Latin word radix, which means root. In various fields of endeavor, it can mean: Sciences in chemistry, either an atom or molecule with at least one unpaired electron, or a group of atoms, charged or uncharged, that act as a single entity in reaction. ... The Dominica Freedom Party is a conservative political party in Dominica. ... Pierre Charles (June 30, 1954 - January 6, 2004) was Prime Minister of Dominica (2000 - 2004). ... Roosevelt Skerrit (born June 8, 1972) is a politician from Dominica. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...