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Saint Andrew, Jamaica. Political party. Jamaica Labour Party. Spouse. Gladys Longbridge. . ( m. 1962) . Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante ONH GBE PC (born William Alexander Clarke; 24 February 1884 – 6 August 1977) was a Jamaican politician and labour leader, who, in 1962, became the first prime minister of Jamaica.
A List Jamaican Prime Ministers. 1. Norman Manley. He is The Right Excellent Norman Washington Manley, M.M., Q.C., B.C.L., LLD (Hon.) Yes, all those letters to show how honorary he was. He was Jamaica's first and ONLY Premier serving from pre-independence July 1959 – July 1962. <continue reading>. 2. Donald Sangster.
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Sir Alexander became the first Prime Minister of Independent Jamaica in 1962. He retired from active politics in 1967. He died on August 6,1977, at the age of 93. On October 18, 1969 as per Government Notice 706 Jamaica Gazette, Bustamante was conferred with the Order of National Hero along with his cousin Norman Washington Manley.
William Alexander Bustamante (1884-1977) was a Jamaican labor leader who became Jamaica's first chief minister under limited self-government and the first prime minister after independence in 1962. William Alexander Bustamante, perhaps Jamaica's most flamboyant and charismatic politician, was born William Alexander Clarke on February 24, 1884.
Bustamante was appointed Premier. When Jamaica became independent on August 6, 1962, he was named the new nation's first Prime Minister. One month later, he married his private secretary, Miss Gladys Longbridge, on the day of his departure for his first Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference. Two years after taking office, Bustamante, now 80 ...
Aug 6, 1997 · The ensuing general election returned his party to office, and Sir Alexander Bustamante (he was knighted in 1955) became the first prime minister of Jamaica in 1962. His first act as prime minister was to complete the first phase of the "mental revolution" — the phrase he used in 1938 to describe Jamaica's social upheaval — by recommending ...
Against the advice of party insiders, Manley relented to Bustamante’s pressure but was confident of victory. However, Manley misread the mood of voters, particularly voters in rural Jamaica, and Bustamante won the election held in April 1962. Sir Alexander Bustamante became the first prime minister of Jamaica as an independent nation.
