Edward Evelyn Greaves | |
Birth Date: | 19 April 1940 |
Birth Place: | Pie Corner, St. Lucy, Barbados |
Death Date: | 22 September 2018 (age 78) |
Party: | Democratic Labour Party(DLP) |
Spouse: | Julia Francilia |
Alma Mater: | University West Indies(B.A.) Rutgers State University of New JerseyMEd in Labour Studies |
Office: | Education Officer at Barbados Workers Union (BWU) |
Term Start: | 1968 |
Term End: | 1974 |
Office2: | Deputy General Secretary and head of BWU Labour College |
Term Start2: | 1974 |
Term End2: | 1996 |
Office3: | Member of Parliament for constituency of St. Lucy |
Term Start3: | 1971 |
Term End3: | 1981 |
Office4: | Senator |
Term Start4: | 1981 |
Term End4: | 1986 |
Office5: | Member of Cabinet of Barbados |
Term Start5: | 1986 |
Term End5: | 1994 |
Office6: | High Commissioner of Barbados To Canada |
Term Start6: | 2008 |
Term End6: | 2015 |
Edward Evelyn Greaves (19 April 1940 - 22 September 2018[1]) was High Commissioner of Barbados to Canada from 2008 until 2015.[2] He was previously a representative for the constituency of St. Lucy (1971–1981)[3] and (1986–1994).
Edward Evelyn Greaves was born at Pie Corner in the Parish of St. Lucy in the Island of Barbados on 19 April 1940. He received his early education at St. Clement’s Boys’ School and his secondary education at the Coleridge and Parry School and Harrison College. Greaves graduated from the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill Campus) with an honours degree in history and economics (1967) and from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, U.S., with a master's degree in education (Labor Studies- 1971).
Greaves was the Barbados government representative and High Commissioner to Canada until 2015. He replaced Glyne Samuel Hyvesta Murray. He was invited to serve as High Commissioner of Barbados to Canada by the newly elected prime minister of Barbados, David Thompson. The Barbadian High Commissioner in Ottawa is also concurrently accredited as non-resident ambassador to Australia and New Zealand.
Edward Evelyn Greaves was married to Julia Francilia Greaves and had two children: Stacey Greaves and Lauralynn Greaves.