Sir cecil wallace whitfield biography templates
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Formation – Sir Cecil Wallace Whitfield – Founding Leader
In a dramatic vote in the House of Assembly in 1970, eight parliamentary members of the Progressive Liberal Party voted no confidence in Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling thus initiating a series of events that led to the formation of the Free National Movement.
They came to be known as the Dissident Eight.
They were; Sir Cecil Wallace Whitfield, Sir Arthur A. Foulkes, Warren J. Levarity, Maurice Moore, Dr. Curtis McMillan, James “Jimmy” Shepherd, Dr. Elwood Donaldson and George Thompson.
The Dissident Eight initially identifying themselves as Free PLP held meetings at Spring Hill Farm in Fox Hill, the home of Mr. Shepherd. The FNM officially became a political party on 20th October, 1971, with Sir Cecil as its founding Leader.
Members of Other Political Parties Join
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