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General elections were held in Grenada on 7 December 1976. [1] The result was a victory for the Grenada United Labour Party of Eric Gairy, which won nine of the 15 seats, whilst the opposition People's Alliance (a coalition of the New Jewel Movement, the Grenada National Party and the United People's Party) won the remainder.
Sir Eric Matthew Gairy PC (18 February 1922 – 23 August 1997) [1] was the first Prime Minister of Grenada, serving from his country's independence in 1974 until his overthrow in a coup by Maurice Bishop in 1979. Gairy also served as head of government in pre-independence Grenada as Chief Minister from 1961 to 1962 and as Premier from 1967 to ...
Election Term of office Political party Took office Left office Time in office Prime Minister of Grenada (1974–1979) 1 Sir Eric Gairy (1922–1997) 1976: 7 February 1974 13 March 1979 (Deposed in a coup) [2] 5 years, 34 days GULP: Prime ministers of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada (1979–1983) 2 Maurice Bishop (1944–1983) —
Despite the prevailing corruption, Gairy was considered by his supporters as the symbol of the successful black man and still retained popularity among Grenadian opinion. During the 1976 legislative elections, the New Jewel Movement formed a coalition, the Popular Alliance, with the Grenada National Party of former Prime Minister Herbert Blaize.
(Reuters) - Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell on Sunday took over as the new rotating chairman of CARICOM, the regional bloc of the Caribbean, pledging to work for climate justice, reduce ...
The first democratic elections since 1976 were held in December 1984 and were won by the Grenada National Party under Herbert Blaize who won 14 out of 15 seats in elections and served as prime minister until his death in December 1989. The NNP continued in power until 1989 but with a reduced majority.
New Prime Minister Tillman Thomas formed a government after narrowly losing by one seat to Mitchell's NNP in the November 2003 election. In elections held on February 19, 2013, Keith Mitchell's NNP swept all fifteen parliamentary seats. [1] This historic victory was a repeat of the 1999 elections in which the NNP also swept all 15 seats. Prime ...
Grenada Renaissance Party Mendell Samuel 12 0.17 St. George South East 5,413 3,800 70.20 National Democratic Congress: Alfred Telesford: 2,122: 55.84: New National Party Gregory Bowen 1,634 43.0 Independent Freedom Party Bassanio Nicholas 32 0.84 Grenada Renaissance Party Dennyka Checkley 4 0.10 St. John 6,392 4,464 69.83 National Democratic ...