Godwin Elliot Loraine Friday (born 28 September 1959) is a
Vincentian politician. Friday is the
Leader of the Opposition
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of
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Member of Parliament for the Northern Grenadines and President of the
New Democratic Party
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In the
28 March 2001 general election, Friday was elected to the
House of Assembly
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Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible gover ...
for the Northern Grenadines constituency. He retained his seat in the
2005
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2010,
2015 and
2020
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elections.
Education
Friday earned a
Bachelor of Arts
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in history and political science from the
University of Waterloo, and a
Bachelor of Laws
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from
Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to:
*Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
*Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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in Canada.
He graduated with a
Master's degree
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In 1989, he graduated with a
Doctorate
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in
political studies from Queens.
Career
In 2016
Arnhim Eustace, the party leader and opposition leader of
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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, resigned, which left Friday with the position as party leader and opposition leader.
Publications
* ''Islands in the Stream: The development of a machinery for the conduct of external affairs in the Bahamas and Bahamian foreign policy, 1973-1985'' (MA Thesis, 1985)
* ''The Caribbean Basin Initiative and industrial development in Trinidad and Tobago'' (1989)
* ''A Political Economy of 'State Capitalism' in Trinidad and Tobago: social struggles and the development process'' (PhD Thesis, 1989)
References
External links
New Democratic Party home page
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1959 births
Living people
New Democratic Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) politicians
People from Bequia
Members of the House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
University of Waterloo alumni
Queen's University at Kingston alumni