Esme Grant

Esme Grant was a Jamaican politician. She was one of the first women elected to the Parliament of Jamaica.[1]

The Honourable
Esme Grant
Minister of Labour and National Insurance
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterRt. Hon Edward Seaga
Personal details
NationalityJamaican
Political partyJamaica Labour Party

Political career

She was JLP candidate for Westmoreland Central in the 1962 Jamaican general election. She impressed the party leader that she was made the first female parliamentary secretary of independent Jamaica — working at the education ministry.[2] In the 1967 general election she stood in Westmoreland North Eastern but lost to Jim Thompson.[3]

She was acting Minister of Labour and National Insurance in the 1970s.[4] She resigned from the Senate of Jamaica in 1976.[5]

References
  1. "JLP floods House with women". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  2. "The milestone that charted Jamaica's nationalism 55 years since the 1962 General Elections". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  3. "Women and the Jamaican Political Process – Part IV: Women and the Politics of Change". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  4. "Miss Jamaica International underscores country's interest in pageantry". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  5. "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
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