Hugh Gordon Cummins
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Dr. Hugh Gordon Cummins | |
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2nd Premier of Barbados | |
In office 17 April 1958 – 8 December 1961 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor | Sir Robert Arundell Sir John Montague Stow |
Preceded by | Grantley Herbert Adams |
Succeeded by | Errol Barrow |
Personal details | |
Born | British Windward Islands, (present day Barbados) | 2 February 1891
Died | 26 October 1970 Barbados | (aged 79)
Political party | Barbados Labour Party |
Alma mater | Queen's University |
Occupation | Doctor |
Dr. Hugh Gordon Hylvestra Cummins (2 February 1891[1] – 26 October 1970)[2] was a Barbadian politician. He served as Premier of Barbados from 17 April 1958 to 8 December 1961 and was a member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP).
In 1919, Dr. Cummins graduated from Queen's Faculty of Medicine where he became medical practitioner and later established a medical practice in the Bridgetown.[3] In 1940, he became one of the first Barbados Labour Party members of Parliament. In 1951 he together with Grantley Herbert Adams, Mencea Cox (Sir Mencea) and Frank Walcott (Rt. Excellent Sir Frank) were appointed members of the Executive Committee of the BLP. He also became a Minister in 1954 when Ministerial Government was introduced. He became the second Premier of Barbados when Sir Grantley was elected Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation. During his premiership he held the additional portfolio of Minister of Finance.
His outstanding achievement was the abolition of the Located Labourers Act and he is commemorated by the naming of the ABC Highway and the Gordon Cummins Hospital in St. Thomas, the constituency that he represented.
See also[]
- Politics of Barbados
- List of Premiers/Prime Ministers of Barbados
References[]
- ^ Smith, Lloyd Sydney (1955). "The British Caribbean Who, What, why".
- ^ "Index Co-Cz".
- ^ The forgotten legacies of Queen's Black medical students
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- 1970 deaths
- Finance ministers of Barbados
- Prime Ministers of Barbados
- Leaders of the Barbados Labour Party
- Caribbean politician stubs
- Barbadian people stubs