Ebenezer Joshua

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Ebenezer Joshua
Chief Minister of Saint Vincent
In office
9 January 1960[1] – 30 May 1967[2]
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byMilton Cato
Leader of the People's Political Party
In office
1952–1980
Minister of Finance
In office
25 May 1961 – 30 May 1967
Prime Ministerhimself
Succeeded byMilton Cato
In office
4 May 1972 – 9 May 1974
Prime MinisterJames Fitz-Allen Mitchell
Preceded byMilton Cato
Succeeded byMilton Cato
Personal details
Born(1908-05-23)23 May 1908
Kingstown, British Windward Islands (present day Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Died14 March 1991(1991-03-14) (aged 82)
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Political partyPeople's Political Party
Eighth Army of Liberation (1951–1952)
SpouseIvy Joshua

Ebenezer Theodore Joshua (23 May 1908 – 14 March 1991) was a

first chief minister of Saint Vincent from 1960 to 1967. He was the Leader of the Legislative Council from 1956 to 1961.[3]

Early life and career

Joshua was born in

Buzz Butler, and was an official of the Oilfields Workers' Trade Union from 1938 until 1950, when he tried unsuccessfully to be elected to the Trinidad legislature.[4] Returning to Saint Vincent, Joshua entered politics, and was elected to the island's assembly in 1951 as a member of the Eighth Army of Liberation.[5] In 1952 he and his wife Ivy Joshua founded the People's Political Party (PPP) as the political arm of the Federated Industrial Allied Workers Union (FIAWU), a trade union organization aimed at representing agricultural and shipyard workers.[5] The party was staunchly against colonialism and the plantocracy.[6]

Politics

In

Eric von Schmidt became the basis for the song "Joshua Gone Barbados".[10]

In 1967 the PPP lost their parliamentary majority and Joshua was succeeded by Robert Milton Cato, leader of the Saint Vincent Labour Party. After the 1972 elections, Joshua was appointed Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance in the cabinet of James Fitz-Allen Mitchell. He resigned in 1974.[11]

Joshua remained in parliament, but the PPP began to decline as the New Democratic Party emerged as political competition. In 1979 the PPP lost all parliamentary representation.[12] Joshua resigned as party leader in 1980,[13] and the party was dissolved in 1984.[12]

Personal life

In 1980, Joshua became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).[14] He served for a time in the presidency of the LDS Church's Kingstown Branch,[15] then the only congregation of the church in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[16]

Death and legacy

Joshua died in Kingstown, Saint Vincent, on 14 March 1991.[17]

The Arnos Vale Airport was renamed as the E. T. Joshua Airport in his honour.[18] After the closure of this airport in 2017, the former passenger terminal building was renovated and now houses a shopping plaza known as The Joshua Centre.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Saint Vincent government gazette Vol. 93 No. 3". 9 January 1960. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Saint Vincent government gazette Vol. 100 No. 34". 30 May 1967. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b Joshua, Michael S. (23 May 2008). "THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EBENEZER THEODORE JOSHUA". tonyoldies.homestead.com. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. OCLC 26545905
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  5. ^
    ISBN 978-0-199-93580-2.  – via Oxford University Press
    's Reference Online (subscription required)
  6. ISBN 978-0-199-93580-2.  – via Oxford University Press
    's Reference Online (subscription required)
  7. The Gleaner. Retrieved 31 January 2018 – via NewspaperArchive.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "Members of Parliament From Legislative Council 1951 to Independence 1979 to Present". House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Mt Bentinck Sugar Factory". www.georgetownsvgrevisited.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  10. ^ Leonardi, Tom (10 September 2014). "Eric Von Schmidt in St. Vincent and "Joshua Gone Barbados"". KZFR. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  11. OCLC 54074351.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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  12. ^
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  13. ^ John, Kenneth (13 March 1992). "National Heroes: E.T. Joshua". The Vincentian. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  14. ^ 2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News) p. 457.
  15. ^ "Island Nation Mourns Leader, an LDS Pioneer", Ensign, June 1991.
  16. OCLC 44634356
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  17. ^ "Ebenezer Joshua remembered". The Vincentian. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  18. ^ Horne, Kenville (28 March 2013). "A Joshua speaks about E.T. Joshua". The Vincentian. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  19. ^ "Joshua Centre, at old airport, set to be opened for Christmas season". www.searchlight.vc. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by
position created
Chief Minister of Saint Vincent

1960–1967 		Succeeded by


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