Council of Government (1939-45)
A constitution was given in 1936 which created a Council of Government of which less than half were elected representatives. The first election under this constitution was held in 1939. With a string pro-imperial and pro-British sentiment prevailing, the Constitutional Party elected six councillors to the Nationalists' three and Labour's one.
Strickland died in 1940 to be succeeded as Party leader by Robert V. Galea.
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