Ivan Bertie O'Neal (died 27 May 2024) was a Vincentian politician and leader of the
(SVG Green Party). O'Neal was also the
East St. George candidate for
2020 Vincentian general election
General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 5 November 2020. Nomination day was 20 October 2020. The result was a victory for the Unity Labour Party, its fifth in a row; the party won nine of the fifteen seats, gaining on ...
.
O'Neal served as the treasurer of the
Unity Labour Party
The Unity Labour Party (ULP) is a democratic socialist political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Currently the governing party, it is led by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. before breaking ranks with the party in 2000 to join the now-defunct People's Progressive Movement (PPM). He contested the
North Central Winward constituency
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as a PPM candidate during the 28 March 2001 general election and received 30 votes.
Education
Born in
Spring Village, O'Neal earned a
BSc in accounting and finance from
Oxford Brookes University
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, an
MSc in Macro Economics, Policy and Planning from the
University of Bradford
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, and an
MBA
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from the
University of Leicester
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.
Career
In the
2005 general elections, he contested the
East Saint George constituency seat representing the SVG Green Party and was defeated, winning only 14 votes. In the 2010 general elections O'Neal ran in
Central Kingstown, where he won 12 votes.
Death
O'Neal died near Choppins,
Saint George Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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on 27 May 2024, after an illness.
Ivan O’Neal, Leader of the SVG Green Party, Passes Away
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References
External links
SVG Green Party
20th-century births
Year of birth missing
2024 deaths
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Green Party politicians
Unity Labour Party politicians
People's Progressive Movement (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) politicians
Alumni of Oxford Brookes University
Alumni of the University of Bradford
Alumni of the University of Leicester
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