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Hugh Lawson Shearer ON OJ PC (18 May 1923 – 15 July 2004) was a Jamaican trade unionist and politician, who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1967 to 1972. He was also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade from 1980 to 1989, under Edward Seaga .
Jul 5, 2004 · Learn about the life and work of Hugh Shearer, who served as Jamaica's leader from 1967 to 1972. He was a trade unionist, a politician and a diplomat who succeeded Sir Alexander Bustamante and Edward Seaga.
Jul 5, 2004 · Learn about the life and achievements of Hugh Lawson Shearer, who served as Jamaica's third Prime Minister from 1967 to 1972. He was also a trade union leader, a journalist, and a diplomat who advocated for Jamaica's independence and human rights.
Jul 5, 2004 · Shearer, Hugh. May 18, 1923 July 5, 2004. Hugh Lawson Shearer's political life spanned the first fifty years of Jamaica's modern political system. Throughout his career, he respected electoral democracy, defended workers' rights, practiced bipartisanship, and supported convergence between Jamaica's two leading political parties, the People's National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).
April 11, 1967 – March 2, 1972. The Most Hon. Hugh Lawson Shearer, Jamaica’s third Prime Minister, was born in the village of Martha Brae just outside of Falmouth, Trelawny on May 18, 1923. His parents were James Shearer a World War One ex-serviceman and Esther Lindo, a dressmaker. He attended the Falmouth Primary school and from there he ...
The Rt. Hon. Hugh Lawson Shearer (1923 - 2004) Born on May 18, 1923 at Martha Brae, Trelawny, close to the sugar and banana areas. He attended St. Simon’s College as a Parish Scholarship winner. He joined the BITU’s staff in April 1941 attached to the union’s weekly paper “Jamaica Worker”. His first promotion came in 1943, when Sir ...
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Jul 18, 2004 · A grand farewell. In 1980 when Hugh Shearer coined the phrase “built by Labour”, it was intended as a catchy statement of the performance of the Jamaica Labour Party in government during the ...
