Horace Washington Dalley (born December 17, 1954) is a Jamaican educator and politician, representing the People's National Party (PNP). He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Clarendon Northern, serving from 1989 to 2007, and again from 2011 to 2020. He served as Minister of Land and Environment from 2001 to 2002, Minister of Labour and Social Security from 2002 to 2006, Minister of Health from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2015 to 2016.

Early life and education

Dalley was born on December 17, 1954 in Mitchell Town, Clarendon. He was educated at

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. Prior to entering representational politics Dalley worked with the Ministry of Education in special projects. He served in the Diplomatic service and also worked as International Secretary for the

People’s National Party The People's National Party (PNP) is a social-democratic political party in Jamaica, founded in 1938 by independence campaigner Osmond Theodore Fairclough. It holds 14 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives, as 96 of the 227 local go ...

(PNP).

Political career

Dalley was first elected to the House of Representatives from the Clarendon Northern constituency in the 1989 general election, polling 7,015 votes to 6,135 for J. A. G. Smith of the

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(JLP). He went on to win the constituency for the People's National Party (PNP) in the 1993, 1997, and 2002 general elections. From 1989 to 2001, Dalley served as Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Community Development, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ministry of Production, Mining and Commerce and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. In 2001, he was appointed to the cabinet of

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as Minister of Land and Environment, succeeding

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. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Labour and Social Security in November 2002, succeeding Donald Buchanan. When

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became Prime Minister on March 30, 2006, she appointed Dalley to her cabinet as Minister of Health. He remained in office until the PNP went into opposition after its election defeat in September 2007. Dalley lost his seat in the 2007 general election to Laurence Broderick of the JLP, who polled 6,118 votes to Dalley's 5,891. Dalley was succeeded as Minister of Health by

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. He regained the seat in the 2011 general elections, polling 7,663 votes to the JLP's Laurence Broderick (5,958). After the PNP returned to power in the December 29, 2011 general elections, Prime Minister Simpson-Miller appointed Dalley as

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in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Public Service. On November 9, 2015, he again assumed the portfolio of Minister of Health upon the resignation of Fenton Ferguson. After the defeat of the PNP at the polls in the 2016 general election, Dalley served as opposition spokesman on Labour and Welfare. He again lost his seat in the

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, polling 5,345 votes to the JLP's Dwight Sibblies (6,058).

Honors and awards

Dalley was awarded the Order of Distinction, Commander Class, in 2014.

References

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Early life and education

Political career

Honors and awards

See also

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