Sir Thomas Hilbourne Frank (6 December 1931 - 29 March 2020) was a politician from

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...

. He was a political leader of the

Barbuda People's Movement The Barbuda People's Movement is a centre-left Barbudan nationalist political party in Antigua and Barbuda. History The party first contested a general election in 1989, in which they won a single seat.Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americ ...

, which favours greater independence of Barbuda from Antigua and supports the United Progressive Party. He served as Chairman of the

Barbuda Council The Barbuda Council is a local authority that manages the internal affairs on the island of Barbuda. History and electoral system The Barbuda Council was established in 1976 by the Barbuda Local Government Act. It is an 11-member body consistin ...

on two occasions – from 1979 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1997. He also served as Barbuda's sole member of the

House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda The House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda, parliament. The current House of Representatives has a total of 19 members. 17 members are directly elected ...

between 1989 and 2004. In 2004, he retired as a legislator; he was knighted later that year. He died on March 29, 2020, at age 88, in Codrington, Barbuda.

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