Ronald Armour
Ronald O. P. Armour | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Premier of Dominica | |
| In office 1970 – July 1973 | |
| Premier | Edward Oliver LeBlanc |
| Preceded by | Nicholson Ducreay |
| Succeeded by | Patrick John |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ronald Oliver Paul Armour 17 June 1940 |
| Died | August 2017 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | Dominica |
| Party | Dominica Labour Party |
| Relations | Jenner Armour (brother) |
| Nickname | R. O. P. Armour |
Ronald Oliver Paul Armour [1](17 June 1940 – August 2017) was a Dominican politician and cabinet minister from Dominica Labour Party.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Armour was born on 17 June 1940.[2] He was Jenner Armour's brother.[3] He graduated with a law degree from University of London in 1961 and with a diploma from London School of Economics in 1963, and then returned to Dominica and joined Dominica Labour Party.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]In the 1966 elections Armour won the House of Assembly seat for Roseau South.[4] In March 1967 he was appointed minister of communications and works in the cabinet of Edward Oliver LeBlanc.[2]
In the 1970 elections Armour won the seat for South Roseau.[5] He was then appointed Deputy Premier by Edward Oliver LeBlanc[4][6] from 1970 to July 1973. He was also Minister of Finance from 1970 to 13 July 1973, when he resigned from the cabinet under pressure from Patrick John.[4] In July 1974 Armour ran to succeed Edward Oliver LeBlanc as the leader of Dominica Labour Party, but lost to Patrick John.[3][4]
Armour lost his seat in the House of Assembly in the 1975 elections[7] when he ran under the banner of Progressive Labour Party against DLP's Eustace Hazelwood Francis, who was a Patrick John's ally.[4] That election ended his political career.[4] He then practiced law in Portsmouth.[citation needed]
Death
[edit | edit source]He died on 6 August 2017 or 7 August 2017.[4][2]
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- 1940 births
- 2017 deaths
- Dominica Labour Party politicians
- Deputy prime ministers of Dominica
- Ministers of finance of Dominica
- Communication ministers of Dominica
- Government ministers of Dominica
- Members of the House of Assembly of Dominica
- Dominica lawyers
- Alumni of the University of London
- Dominica people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
- 20th-century Dominica politicians