The Social Democratic Party was a political party in the Bahamas.
The party was created in late 1979 [1] by dissident members of Bahamian Democratic Party: [2] Keith Duncombe, James Knowles, Michael Lightbourne and Norman Solomon. [3] The party was led by Norman Solomon, white millionaire, who was appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas. [4]
Parliamentary members of the party joined Free National Movement before the 1982 elections. Solomon run in the elections as independent, but was not elected. [5]