Bustamante, Alexander, Sir, 1884-1977

LC control no.	n 50052086
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bustamante, Alexander, Sir, 1884-1977 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Bustamante, William Alexander, Sir, 1884-1977 Clarke, William Alexander, Sir, 1884-1977
Associated country	Jamaica
Birth date	1884
Death date	1977
Place of birth	Jamaica
Place of death	Jamaica
Affiliation	Jamaica Labour Party Jamaican Workers and Tradesmen's Union (JWTU) Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU)
Profession or occupation	Prime ministers Orators Labor leaders
Found in	Eaton, G. E. Alexander Bustamante and modern Jamaica, c1975 His The foreign policy of Jamaica, 1964?: p. 5 (Alexander Bustamante, Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs) Encyc. Americana (Bustamante, Sir Alexander, 1884-1977) Colliers encyc. (Bustamante, Sir Alexander, 1884-1977) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed January 3, 2013, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bustamante, Sir Alexander; William Alexander Clarke; prime minister, orator, political activist, labor leader; born 1884 in Jamaica; led the Jamaican Labour Party (1943-1977); served as the first prime minister of Jamaica (1962-1967); served in the Spanish army, worked in various capacities in Cuba, Panama, and New York City; returned to Jamaica as a wealthy entrepreneur (1932); co-founder and treasurer of Jamaican Workers and Tradesmen's Union (JWTU) (1937); formed Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) and served as its president for the remainder of his life (1938); jailed by the British colonial government for his union and political activities (1940-1942); formed the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) (1943); his Conservative Party overwhelmingly won the island's first parliamentary election (1944); served as mayor of Kingston (1947-1948) and as chief minister of Jamaica (1953-1955); retired from politics (1967); died 1977 in Jamaica)