Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation
| Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation | |
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General of the West Indies Federation |
| Formation | 18 April 1958 |
| First holder | Grantley Herbert Adams |
| Final holder | Grantley Herbert Adams |
| Abolished | 31 May 1962 |
This is a list of the Prime Ministers of the West Indies Federation (also known as the British Caribbean Federation), consisting of ten provinces: Antigua (with Barbuda), Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica (with the Cayman Islands and the Turks & Caicos Islands), Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Federation was formed on 3 January 1958, and was formally dissolved on 31 May 1962.
The Prime Minister was elected by the House of Representatives from among its members, constitutionally acted as an advisor to the Governor-General of the West Indies Federation, and was involved in economic planning, but had very little power beyond those roles, being junior to the position of Governor-General.[1]
Starting in January 1959, the Governor-General, Lord Hailes, attempted to get Adams to step down so he could be replaced with Norman Manley, whom Hailes saw as endorsing "decentralised federation" and being able to bring "most responsible people in Jamaica" with him.[2]
Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation (1958–1962)
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West Indies Federal Labour Party
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Picture | Took office | Left office | Elected (Parliament) |
Political Party |
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| 1 | Grantley Herbert Adams (1898–1971) MP for Barbados |
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18 April 1958 | 31 May 1962 | 1958 (1st) | West Indies Federal Labour Party |
| The only Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation. | ||||||