Charles T. Maynard (6 June 1970 – 14 August 2012)"FNM: Sudden Passing of National Chairman Charles Maynard"
15 August 2012. was a Bahamian politician. He was National Chairman of the

Free National Movement The Free National Movement (abbreviated FNM) is a political party in The Bahamas formed in the early 1970s, led by Sir Cecil Wallace Whitfield. The current leader of the party is Michael Pintard and his deputy Peter Turnquest. It dominated the ...

political party (FNM). Formerly a member of Bahamian parliament, and a minister of youth, sports and culture, Maynard died of an apparent heart attack while campaigning for the FNM in 2012. He was 42, and had been considered a "rising political talent".Macushla Pinder
"Charles Maynard Dead At 42"
''The Bahama Journal'', 15 August 2012. He was the cousin of Bahamian Attorney-General

Allyson Maynard Gibson The Hon. Allyson Maynard Gibson KC (born 11 January 1957)Calvin Harris"Behind the scenes on Bahamian documentary, "On the Wings of Men" with Senator Allyson Maynard Gibson" TheBahamasWeekly.com, 1 September 2010. is a Bahamian barrister, politici ...

Education and career

He was born in 1970, to Edward Andrew "Dud" Maynard and Isadora Maynard, and graduated from

Queen's College, Nassau Queen's College (QC) is a coeducational institution located in Nassau, Bahamas, operating under the auspices of the Bahamas Conference of the Methodist Church. Founded in 1890, Queen's College College of The Bahamas A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering ...

. He once served as vice-chairman of the

Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party (abbreviated PLP) is a populist and social liberal party in the Bahamas. Philip Davis is the leader of the party. History The PLP was founded in 1953 by William Cartwright, Cyril Stevenson, and Henry Milton Tay ...

(PLP) and was deputy leader of the Coalition of Democratic Reform (CDR). On the dissolution of the CDR, he joined the Free National Movement in early 2006, and after winning the Golden Isles Constituency in the 2007 general elections was appointed to serve in the Cabinet as Minister of State for Culture in the then Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture, subsequently being promoted to full ministerial status as the portfolio Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture in late 2009.

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