Winston Francis Cenac
Q.C. (14 September 1925 – 22 September 2004) was a civil servant and politician from
Saint Lucia. He was the
third elected Prime Minister of independent
Saint Lucia.
He served as General Procurator for
Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea w ...
and
Grenada.
In 1969 he gave up public service to become a lawyer. Elected representative when the
Saint Lucia Labour Party gained power in 1979, Cenac became attorney general in the
Allan Louisy administration.
Cenac became Prime Minister upon Louisy's resignation on 4 May 1981. He served for 8 months until he too was forced into resignation on 17 January 1982. he was replaced in his position by
Michael Pilgrim.
Life
In 1952 he obtained the bachelor of laws of London University as an external student. He was appointed the attorney general of Saint Lucia in 1964. He was also the attorney general of Saint Vincent in 1967 and attorney general of Grenada from 1967 to 1970. In 1971, Cenac acted as judge in Saint Kitts for six months.
He died on 22 September 2004 and is buried in Castries City Cemetery.
Family
His brother, Sir
Neville Cenac
Sir Emmanuel Neville Cenac (born 24 November 1939) is the former governor-general of Saint Lucia. He was appointed to that post in January 2018. On 28 July 2021 Cenac is reported to have signalled his intention to resign. As of 31 October, he ...
, was also a prominent politician in Saint Lucia until his appointment as
Governor-General in 2018.
See also
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Saint Lucia Labour Party
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List of prime ministers of Saint Lucia
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Politics of Saint Lucia
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References
External links
Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia*Biography available i
Prime Ministers of Saint Lucia
1925 births
2004 deaths
People from Castries Quarter
Prime Ministers of Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia Labour Party politicians
Alumni of the University of London
Saint Lucian judges
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