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The West Indies Federation, [2] [3] also known as the West Indies, [4] [5] the Federation of the West Indies [6] or the West Indian Federation, [7] [8] [9] was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962.
The upper chamber was called the Senate, and it had 19 members appointed by the Governor-General of the West Indies Federation. There were 2 senators from each territory except Montserrat, which only had 1 senator. Potential Senators must have met certain criteria before they could be nominated to the upper chamber.
Pages in category "Members of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:British West Indies. It includes the countries that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
The Caribbean with West Indies Federation members in red. The short-lived federation was made up of British West Indies colonies from 1958–62.. Between 1958 and 1962, there was a short-lived federation between several English-speaking Caribbean countries, called the West Indies Federation, which consisted of all the island nations (except the Bahamas), and the territories (excluding Bermuda ...
The governor-general of the West Indies Federation was a post in the government of the West Indies. The federation, also known as the British Caribbean Federation, consisted of Antigua (with Barbuda), Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks & Caicos Islands.
Antigua joined the West Indies Federation on 3 January. On 6 January, the Governor prorogued the Legislative Council for the first time of the year. [2] On 16 January, polling divisions were established for the 1958 West Indies federal elections by the Supervisor of Elections. [3]
The National Archives (United Kingdom): File CO 1031/2628: Elections in Federation of West Indies. West Indies Federal Archives Centre: File FWI-PM-GA-115: Issue of Writs By Governor-General for First Federal Elections 1958. The Growth of the Modern West Indies. Gordon K. Lewis, Ian Randle Publishers, 2004. Caribbean Elections - West Indies ...