Peter Isola
The Hon. Peter Joseph Isola | |
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Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 1956–1984 | |
Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar | |
In office 1965–1984 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 March 1929 Gibraltar |
Died | 28 January 2006 | (aged 76–77)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Independent Isola Group Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar |
Alma mater | Stonyhurst College Pembroke College, Oxford |
Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
Peter Joseph Isola,
Early life and career
Isola was born in Gibraltar in 1929, and was educated at Stonyhurst College, a Jesuit independent school in Lancashire, and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he read law.[2]
Isola had an early political success in an election to the Gibraltar Legislative Council in 1956, when ten candidates contested seven seats. The winners were Joshua Hassan, Abraham Serfaty, J. E. Alcantara, and Albert Risso, all of the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights, one Commonwealth Party candidate, Joseph Triay, and two Independents, Isola and Solomon Seruya.[3]
He remained in the House of Assembly until 1983, and twice served as Leader of the Opposition, first as an Independent, and later as leader of the DPBG.
In 1963 and 1964, he went to the United Nations together with
The DPBG disintegrated after it had failed to win any seats in the 1984 elections, when Isola even lost his own seat. He then retired from politics to concentrate on his substantial legal practice, heading the legal firm of Isola & Isola (now called Isolas).
He was also a member of the constitutional advisory committee.
Honours
Upon the creation of the
References
- ^ "The Peter J Isola Foundation". Isolas. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ Peter Isola – Obituary Archived 20 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 'Gibraltar Election' in The Times (London), issue 53643 dated 22 September 1956, p. 5
- ^ The Gibraltar Constitution – 1969 Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Gibraltar Medallion" (PDF). Government of Gibraltar. July 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ 'The Triumphal Welcome' Panorama