Wilfred St. Clair-Daniel

Wilfred St. Clair-Daniel CBE, is a politician and former Speaker of the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia.^[1][2]

St. Clair-Daniel served as the Speaker of the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia for 27 years, making him the longest to serve in the position of House Speaker to date. He was first elected to the position of Speaker in 1967, on the recommendation of then Premier of Saint Lucia, the late Hon. Sir John G. M. Compton, and served continuously until 1979. Due to the surprise defeat of the United Workers Party at the polls in 1979, a new SLP-Administration under Sir Allan Louis took the reigns of power, which resulted in a new Speaker being elected. After three years of governance, the Labour Administration of 1979 eventually fell apart, thus paving the way for General Elections in 1982.

The United Workers Party was returned to power, and Sir John G. M. Compton once again sworn-in as Prime Minister, and again Mr. St. Clair-Daniel was returned as Speaker of the House of Assembly, where he then served for 15 years ending in 1997.

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1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120103181054/http://uwpstlucia.com/the-uwp. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20130613094516/http://www.stluciaparliament.com/speakers-and-deputy-speakers-of-the-house-of-assembly. Archived from the original on June 13, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)