Ernest Grafford Peart | |
Office: | Minister of Works of Jamaica |
Office2: | High Commission of Jamaica, London of Jamaica to United Kingdom |
Predecessor2: | Arthur Wint |
Successor2: | 20. November 1981: Herbert Samuel Walker (born 1924, St. Mary, Jamaica) |
Birth Date: | 11 May 1918 |
Father: | Cyril Peart |
Mother: | Sarah Peart |
Spouse: | m. October 25, 1947, Dorothy Searing of London (born 1905 Lincolnshire, Dip. in Sociology) |
Children: | Dean Peart,[1] Christine Peart-Steele,[2] Michael Peart,[3] |
Education: | New Green Primary School, Jamaica, Manchester High School, Jamaica, Royal Air Force College Cranwell Letchworth Tech High School UK, RAF Yatesbury No 9 Radar School, UK. |
Ernest Grafford Peart (May 11, 1918 – April 24, 1981) was a Jamaican politician and diplomat.
From 1959 to 1971 he was Member of the Parliament of Jamaica for the People's National Party, Western Manchester Parish constituency. In 1962 he was elected with 8561 votes.[4] While an MP, he sat on the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee.
In 1972 he was appointed Minister of Labour, followed by Minister of Works from 1976 to 1978. From to he was High Commissioner (Commonwealth) in London.[5]