Henckell Christian

Henckell Lochinvar Christian
Deputy Prime Minister of Dominica
In office
November 1978 – 16 June 1979
Prime MinisterPatrick John
Succeeded byMichael Douglas
Deputy Premier of Dominica
In office
31 March 1975 – November 1978
PremierPatrick John
Preceded byThomas Etienne
Personal details
Born1910
Died1998 (aged 87–88)
NationalityDominica
Political partyDominica Labour Party
ChildrenPearle Christian
RelativesLemuel McPherson Christian (brother)

Henckell Lochinvar Christian MBE[1] (1910 – 1998)[2] was a Dominican politician from the Dominica Labour Party.

Biography

Christian studied sociology at London University. He worked as a teacher and later as a social worker.[3]

Christian was elected to the House of Assembly of Dominica in 1970[4] and 1975.[5] He was minister of education and health in 1970s[1] in the cabinet of Edward Oliver LeBlanc.[6] Patrick John appointed him as the Deputy Premier[7] in 1975, and Christian continued as the Deputy Prime Minister since independence in November 1978. He resigned alongside acting president Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue on 16 June 1979.[8]

Christian published his memoirs (1920–1992) Gatecrashing into the Unknown in 1992.[3][9][10]

Married to Muriel, nee Mathew, Henckell Christian was the father of Pearle Christian (third of the couple's four daughters), and the brother of Lemuel McPherson Christian, the composer of Dominica's national anthem "Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour".[11][12]


References

  1. ^ a b "FROM THE ARCHIVES: An old soldier, World War II veteran, Wendell Christian remembers the Hurricane of 1930". dominicanewsonline.com. 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Henckell L. Christian". Find a Grave. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Our Dominican Writers- Home Page". www.oocities.org.
  4. ^ "1970 General Election Results - Electoral Office". www.electoraloffice.gov.dm.
  5. ^ "1975 General Election Results - Electoral Office". www.electoraloffice.gov.dm.
  6. ^ "Caribbean yearbook". 1971.
  7. ^ "West Indies Year Book". Caribook Limited. 1977.
  8. ^ "Caribbean News". 1978.
  9. ^ "ISBD view › Dominica Library and Information Service - DLIS catalog". www.library.dlis.gov.dm.
  10. ^ Gatecrashing Into the Unknown: A Dominica Journal, Act Press, 1992. at Google Books.
  11. ^ Gabriel Christian, "The Interwar Years & the Caribbean Soldier in Social Transformation: A DOMINICAN PERSPECTIVE", p. 6, note 9.
  12. ^ "Pearle Christian: A Life of Musical Inspiration", June 2012.

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