▁" D iss ident ▁E ight ", ▁ ▁included ▁Cec il ▁Wal lace ▁Whit field , ▁Arthur ▁F oul kes , ▁Warren ▁J . ▁Le var ity , ▁Maurice ▁E . ▁Moore , ▁Dr . ▁Curt is ▁Mc Mill an ▁, ▁James ▁( J im my ) ▁She ph erd , ▁El wood ▁Donald son ▁and ▁George ▁Thompson . ▁Following ▁meet ings ▁held ▁at ▁Spring ▁Hill ▁Far ms , ▁the ▁F N M ▁officially ▁became ▁a ▁political ▁party ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁with ▁Cec il ▁Wal lace ▁Whit field ▁as ▁its ▁leader . ▁ ▁The ▁other ▁group , ▁the ▁U B P , ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁political ▁parties ▁in ▁the ▁Bah am as ▁and ▁had ▁govern ed ▁the ▁country ▁since ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁party ▁politics ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁until ▁it ▁lost ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁general ▁election ▁by ▁a ▁paper ▁thin ▁margin ▁to ▁the ▁O pp osition ▁P LP . ▁ ▁The ▁U B P ▁party ' s ▁leadership ▁was ▁pre domin antly ▁white ▁while ▁black s ▁made ▁up ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁citiz en ry . ▁Once ▁out ▁of ▁power , ▁its ▁leaders ▁decided ▁that ▁the ▁party ' s ▁time ▁was ▁at ▁an ▁end ▁and ▁they ▁looked ▁to ▁the ▁Free - PL P ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁new ▁party ▁that ▁would ▁follow ▁a ▁conserv ative ▁party ▁line . ▁The ▁fusion ▁was ▁called ▁the ▁Free ▁National ▁Mov ement . ▁ ▁The ▁party ▁grew ▁in ▁part ▁by ▁unit ing ▁independent ▁black ▁vot ers ▁and