The party was led by Édouard Goubert, Minister for General Administration for French India.
[1] The party played a dominant role in the political life in the colony, being backed by the French administration.
The party favoured retaining links with France, but would eventually turn against French rule.
[2] The Socialist Party was founded by Édouard Goubert, P. Counouma and Lambert Saravane, who left it shortly later.
[12] The Socialist Party resistance campaign was crucial in destabilizing French control over the colony.
[8] During his parliamentary mandate, Goubert was attached to the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance (UDSR) group of René Pléven and François Mitterrand, whereas Saravane had always stayed among the Indépendants d'outre-mer (Overseas Unaffiliated) parliamentary group.