Question: An elite party is a political party consisting of members of parliament who agree to co-operate politically and the first to describe this party model was an Irish statesman who served for many years with what party?

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Aboriginal Peoples Party of Canada: The Aboriginal Peoples Party of Canada (APP) is a Canadian political party that was founded in 2005.  The party was conceived by University of Lethbridge student Myron Wolf Child.  It held its founding meeting on August 21, 2005, in St. Albert, Alberta.  The APP was headed by interim leader Bill Montour, a former Chief of the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario.  In October 2005, the party had 122 confirmed members, just less than half the number needed to register as an official party in Canada.  In late October 2005, the APP sought to unite with the First Peoples National Party of Canada which also had fewer than the number of confirmed members needed to become a registered political party.  The First Peoples National Party of Canada became an eligible political party on December 6, 2005.  Whether or not this was accomplished through a merger with the APP is unclear.  If this is the case, the APP no longer exists, but, as one of the stipulations of a possible merger was that a name for the new party would be determined at the party's first convention, it is possible that the name Aboriginal Peoples Party of Canada will come into usage again.

Scottish National Party: The Scottish National Party (SNP; Scottish Gaelic: "Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba" , Scots: "Scots Naitional Pairtie" ) is a Scottish nationalist and social-democratic political party in Scotland.  The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence.  It is the third-largest political party by membership in the United Kingdom, as well as by overall representation in the House of Commons, behind the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, and is the largest political party in Scotland, where it has the most seats in the Scottish Parliament and most of the Scottish seats in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.  The current party leader, Nicola Sturgeon, has served as First Minister of Scotland since 20 November 2014.

Labour Party (South Africa, 1969): The Labour Party (Afrikaans: "Arbeidersparty" ) was a South African political party founded in 1969 and led for many years by Allan Hendrickse.  Although avowedly opposed to apartheid, it participated in the Coloured Persons Representative Council.  It opposed the guerrilla struggle of Umkhonto we Sizwe and the call for international sanctions against South Africa.  The party later dominated the House of Representatives in the Tricameral Parliament from its foundation in 1984 until 1992, winning 76 of the 80 seats in the 1984 elections and 69 in those of 1989.  When the National Party of F. W. de Klerk decided to admit non-White members, however, a substantial number of members of the House of Representatives who had been members of Labour crossed the floor to join the Nationalists.  In 1992, a group of 36 such former Labour members led by Jac Rabie engineered a vote of no confidence in Hendrickse's Labour government.  Losing influence at the polls, Hendrickse concluded that the Labour Party had fulfilled its uses, and the party was disbanded in 1994, with Hendrickse and his followers joining the African National Congress.

Hung parliament: In a parliamentary system of government, a hung parliament is an expression used to describe a state of a parliament when no single political party (or bloc of allied parties) has an absolute majority of seats in the parliament (legislature) and therefore has no legitimate mandate to form a government.  It is also less commonly known as a balanced parliament or a legislature under no overall control.  If the legislature is bicameral, and the government is responsible only to the lower house, then "hung parliament" is used only with respect to that chamber.  It is the objective of parliamentary systems for the parliament to be able to form a stable government, preferably one that lasts until the next election.  This requires the government to be able to muster up sufficient votes in parliament to pass important legislation, especially the government's budget.  It also needs sufficient votes to defeat votes of no-confidence in the government.  If the state of the parliament is such that a majority government cannot be formed, the government may be referred to as a "minority government".  The term "hung parliament" is used mainly in systems with two parties or two party blocs.  Most general elections in such a system will result in one or other party having an absolute majority and thus quickly forming a new government; a "hung parliament" is an exception to this pattern, and may by some be considered anomalous or undesirable, and by others ideal as it blocks the dangers of absolute power.  One or both main parties may seek to form a coalition government with smaller third parties, or a minority government relying on confidence and supply support from third parties or independents.  If these efforts fail, a dissolution of parliament and a fresh election may be the last resort.

PSM–Nationalist Agreement: The PSM–Nationalist Agreement (Catalan: "PSM–Entesa Nacionalista" , PSM–EN) is a democratic socialist, environmentalist and Catalan nationalist political party of the Balearic Isles, Spain.  The PSM–EN is a federated party consisting of five constituent parties:

Turkmen Democratic Movement: The Turkmen Democratic Movement (Turkish: "Türkmen Demokratik Hareketi" ) is a political party in Iraq that is headed by Kalkhi Najmaddin Noureddin.  It acts as an alternative to the more heavily funded Iraqi Turkmen Front.  The party was created by ex-Front members in 2004, who believed the interference of Turkey in its affairs was not helping the Iraqi Turkmen community and that Turkmens would do better to co-operate with the government of Iraqi Kurdistan.  It supports the annexation of Kirkuk to the Iraqi Kurdistan region, and is supportive of the Kurdistan Regional Government.  The party won 3 seats in the Kurdistan National Assembly at the 2009 election, making them the leading Turkmen political force in that body.  The party sought to obtain a ministerial portfolio following those elections.

Edmund Burke: Edmund Burke ( ; 12 January <nowiki>[</nowiki>NS<nowiki>]</nowiki> 17299 July 1797) was an Irish statesman born in Dublin, as well as an author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher who, after moving to London, served as a member of parliament (MP) for many years in the House of Commons with the Whig Party.

Elite party: An elite party is a political party consisting of members of the societal elite, particularly members of parliament, who agree to co-operate politically in the spirit of principles and goals.  The first to describe this party model was Edmund Burke in 1770.  More recently, the elite party model has been outlined by Maurice Duverger.

Conservative Party (UK): The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.  It is currently the governing party, having been so since the 2010 general election, where a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats was formed.  In 2015, the Conservatives led by David Cameron won a surprise majority and formed the first Conservative majority government since 1992.  However, the 2017 snap election on Thursday 8 June resulted in a hung parliament, and the Conservatives lost their parliamentary majority.  They are reliant on the support of a Northern Irish political party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), in order to command a majority in the House of Commons through a confidence-and-supply deal.  The party leader, Theresa May, has served as both Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister since 13 July 2016.  It is the largest party in local government with 9,237 councillors.  The Conservative Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United Kingdom, the other being its modern rival, the Labour Party.  The Conservative Party's platform involves support for free market capitalism, free enterprise, fiscal conservatism, a strong national defence, deregulation, and restrictions on trade unions.

People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan: The People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan, PDPT (Tajik: Ҳизби халқии демократии Тоҷикистон / Hizbi xalqii demokratii Tojikiston ; Persian: حزب خلق دموکرات تاجیکستان‎ ‎ ; Russian: Народная демократическая партия Таджикистана ) is a political party in Tajikistan.  Is an officially registered center-left ruling political party in Tajikistan.  It is the largest political party in the country, the so-called «party of power».  Members of the PDPT occupy 51 seats out of 63 in the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan — the parliament of Tajikistan.

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Answer: Whig Party