Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Francis Anthony Tulloch | |
Office: | Minister of Tourism |
Governor General: | Sir Howard Cooke |
Primeminister: | P. J. Patterson |
Term Start: | 13 April 1997 |
Term End: | 1999 |
Predecessor: | John Junor |
Successor: | P. J. Patterson |
Office2: | Member of Parliament for Saint James Central |
Term Start2: | 1972 |
Term End2: | 1976 |
Predecessor2: | Herbert Eldemire |
Office3: | Member of Parliament for Saint James West Central |
Term Start3: | 1976 |
Term End3: | 1980 |
Successor3: | Carl Rhoden |
Office4: | Member of Parliament for Hanover Eastern |
Term Start4: | 1993 |
Term End4: | 1997 |
Predecessor4: | Aston King |
Successor4: | Canute Brown |
Office5: | Member of Parliament for Saint James North Western |
Term Start5: | 1997 |
Term End5: | 2001 |
Predecessor5: | Carl Miller |
Successor5: | Horace Chang |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1940 |
Birth Place: | Kingston, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire |
Party: | People's National Party |
Alma Mater: | Lincoln's Inn |
Francis Anthony Tulloch (5 August 1940 – 23 June 2022) was a Jamaican politician, lawyer and diplomat who served as Minister of Tourism from 1997 to 1999.
Tulloch was born to father Samuel Vincent Tulloch and mother Rhea Henriques-Tulloch in Kingston, Jamaica on 5 August 1940. He was educated at St. George's College.[1]
Tulloch was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 23 September 1959.[2] He was called to the bar on 5 February 1963.[3] On his return to Jamaica, he practised as a barrister.[4] From 1964 to 1969 he practiced law in Nassau, Bahamas serving as Legal Professional Assistant to Sir Lynden Pindling, future Prime Minister of The Bahamas.[1] Tulloch later returned to Jamaica and resumed his law practice, this time doing less criminal law and engaging himself in political work on behalf of the People's National Party (PNP).[4]
Tulloch was first elected to Parliament in 1972 from the Saint James Central constituency, representing the People's National Party.[5] [6] From 1976 to 1980, he represented the Saint James West Central constituency.[7] After the People's National Party decided not to contest the 1983 general election, Tulloch returned to his law practice. From 1993 to 1997 he was Member of Parliament for the Hanover Eastern constituency, and from 1997 to 2002, he represented Saint James North Western.[8]
Tulloch was Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism from 1993 to 1995. He served as Jamaica's Minister of Tourism from 1997 to 1999 in the government of P. J. Patterson.
Tulloch was appointed Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Montego Bay on 27 May 2014.[9]
Tulloch married Doreen Perry Ellis on 19 August 1989. He is the father of four sons and two daughters.[1] Tulloch died on 23 June 2022.[10]