189:. Ducreay won re-election and the DLP won a majority of the increased eleven constituencies. In the newly-formed government, Ducreay was appointed as Minister of Trade and Production, under LeBlanc as chief minister. He held the position for five years, during which time the banana and citrus producers thrived and many new infrastructure projects were funded by the British Colonial Development and Welfare Fund. This included bringing "roads, ports, new schools, health clinics and water supply systems among other developments to the island for the first time".
228:. In response, LeBlanc established the LeBlanc Labour Party and beat all of his opponents in the election, with the exception of Stevens. Having lost the election, Ducreay left politics to return to his business. He later spoke favourably about the formation of the
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150:(DLP). Ducreary was by this time well known in Roseau, particularly for his public speaking. Allfrey approached him in 1957 to ask him to join the DLP and run as a candidate for the
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