Hilford Deterville | |
Office: | President of the Senate of Saint Lucia |
Term Start: | 1997 |
Term End: | 2007 |
Predecessor: | Neville Cenac |
Successor: | Rosemary Husbands-Mathurin |
Birth Name: | Hilford David Alexander Deterville |
Birth Date: | 1944 |
Death Date: | 2014 |
Death Place: | Canada |
Party: | Saint Lucia Labour Party |
Hilford Deterville Q.C. (1944–2014) was a Saint Lucian politician who was president of the Senate of Saint Lucia from 1997 to 2007.
He was born on 26 August 1944.[1] He graduated from the University of West Indies in 1973. He was a lawyer, former president of the bar association, and a former electoral commissioner.
Deterville was a member of Saint Lucia Labour Party. He was appointed as President of the Senate of Saint Lucia in 1997. He continued as Senate President in December 2006,[2] and was succeeeded as president by Rosemary Husbands-Mathurin in early 2007.
Deterville died in late 2014 in Canada.[3]