J. Hamilton-Holder
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Joseph Hamilton-Holder (born 1 February 1912, date of death unknown)[1] was a Trinidadian politician who became Mayor of Port of Spain in 1968. Hamilton-Holder had joined the City Corporation in 1956 after defeating Michael Lee Leung in the Southern Ward on a PNM ticket. He then served as Dennis Mahabir's deputy when Mahabir was elected in 1957 to 1959. To his honour a street in Port of Spain located near the Hasely Crawford Stadium was named after him. O'Connor Street now merges into Hamilton-Holder Street.[2]
He also served as principal and founded Progressive Educational Institute. He was also a winner of the Chaconia Gold Medal.
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- ^ Personalities Caribbean, Volume 4
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080926025405/http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Places/places_Woodbrook.html. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
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