Sir Vincent Frederick Floissac (July 31, 1928 – September 25, 2010) was a Saint Lucian jurist and politician. He was styled The Rt. Hon. Sir Vincent Floissac by virtue of his membership of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. Floissac was the first judge from St Lucia to sit with the

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Early life

Floissac was born on St Lucia on and was educated at Saint Mary's College and

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and was called to the Bar by

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. Floissac was the first President of the Saint Lucian Senate in 1979 and served as the acting

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from April 30, 1987 until October 10, 1988. He has also served as Chief Justice and President of the Court of Appeal of the

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, working in that capacity from November 1991 to July 1996. In this role, Floissac was the supreme judicial officer of the courts of

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, Antigua and Barbuda, the

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, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat,

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, Saint Lucia, and

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. He later served as a member of the Seychellois Court of Appeal from 1988 to 1991. He has also represented Saint Lucia in several regional tennis competitions. Following a lengthy bout with cancer, Floissac died on September 25, 2010 at the age of 82. and is buried in Castries City Cemetery.

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Early life

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