Esme Melbro Grant (née Muir; 20 September 1920 – 25 August 1987) was a Jamaican politician. She was one of the first women elected to the

Parliament of Jamaica The Parliament of Jamaica is the legislative branch of the government of Jamaica. It consists of three elements: The Crown (represented by the Governor-General), the appointed Senate and the directly elected House of Representatives. The S ...

Political career

She was JLP candidate for

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in the 1962 Jamaican general election. She impressed the party leader that she was made the first female parliamentary secretary of independent Jamaica — working at the education ministry. In the 1967 general election she was elected in Westmoreland North Eastern but lost to Jim Thompson in the 1972 general election. She was acting Minister of Labour and National Insurance in the 1970s. She resigned from the

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in 1976.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Esme 1920 births 1987 deaths Women government ministers of Jamaica Government ministers of Jamaica 20th-century Jamaican women politicians 20th-century Jamaican politicians Jamaica Labour Party politicians Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica Members of the Senate of Jamaica Jamaican schoolteachers