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Jamaica joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in February 1963 [1] under the leadership of The Rt. Hon. Sir Alexander Bustamante, [2] one year after the country's independence. [3] From 1963 to 1966, Rt. Hon. Sir Donald Sangster served as Jamaica's governor to the IMF and World Bank, and represented Jamaica during delegations held at the ...
In 1953, Bustamante became Jamaica's first chief minister (the pre-independence title for head of government). [11] Bustamante held this position until the JLP was defeated in 1955. In the 1955 Jamaican general election, the PNP won for the first time, securing 18 out of 32 seats. The JLP ended up with 14 seats, and there were no independents.
The party was organised by Sir Alexander Bustamante to counter the WIFLP led by his cousin Norman Manley. In the 1958 West Indies federal elections , the party lost, winning 19 of the 45 seats in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation .
The party was founded on 8 July 1943 by Alexander Bustamante as the political wing of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union. Bustamante had previously been a member of the PNP. It won the 1944 general elections with 22 of the 32 seats. [20] It went on to win the 1949 elections with a reduced majority. The PNP received more votes (203,048) than ...
Alexander Bustamante joined the union, and soon became prominent by writing letters to the press regarding a strike wave in Jamaica. In 1937, he was appointed as the union's treasurer. In 1937, he was appointed as the union's treasurer.
The money allocated for agricultural credit went up from £182,000 in 1954 to £893,000 in 1959 and to £947,000 in 1961. Money was available for land reclamation, dairy farming, fish farming, water and irrigation, improved land use, fertiliser programmes and the like. [25] In 1960, a pension scheme for sugar workers was introduced. [29]
The Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU, also referred to as the Busta Union) is a trade union center in Jamaica established by Sir Alexander Bustamante. The BITU was formed in 1938, as a split from the Jamaica Workers and Tradesmen's Union. [2] It built up a membership of 54,000 within 6 years. [1]
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