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The Bahamas participated in the 1960 West Indies Federation Games, with a future prime minister of the Bahamas, Perry Christie, as an athlete. Guyana would ultimately express interest in a very loose re-attempted Caribbean Federation around 1971. [12] A 1958 St. Vincent stamp marking the establishment of the West Indies Federation
Athletes from the West Indies Federation competed under the name Antilles (ANT), [1] renamed to British West Indies (BWI) by the IOC, at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Thirteen competitors—two from Barbados, four from Trinidad, and seven from Jamaica—all men, took part in thirteen events in five sports. [2]
On 6 July 1960, Henry Joseph Elwin was appointed as Supervisor of Elections and various preparations were made for the upcoming 1960 Antiguan general election. [24] On 29 November 1960, the election was held, resulting in a victory for the Antigua Labor Party. [25] On 31 May 1962, the West Indies Federation was abolished. [26]
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (from 16 August 1960) Swaziland (to 25 April 1967) Trinidad and Tobago (from 31 May 1962 to 30 August 1962) → Turks and Caicos Islands (from 31 May 1962) → Uganda (to 8 October 1962) West Indies Federation (to 31 May 1962) Zanzibar (to 9 December 1963)
The West Indies Federation was a short-lived federation that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. It consisted of several Caribbean colonies of the United Kingdom. The Federation's purpose was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state, similar to the Federation of Australia or Canadian ...
The 1960 elections were the only general elections held in the territory during its membership of the West Indies Federation, a brief attempt to create a federal state in the British West Indies. Voter turnout was 38%.
On 3 January 1958, all islands except the Virgin Islands were absorbed into the West Indies Federation. The British Leeward Islands finally ceased to exist with the abolition of the office of its governor, and the elevation of the British Virgin Islands to the status of a separate crown colony, in 1960. [2] [3]
On 31 May 1962 the West Indies Federation was abolished and Antigua was no longer subordinated to another colony. [21] The post-federation history of Antigua and Barbuda was largely quiet, until the 1966 Antigua Constitutional Conference laid the groundwork for the establishment of a semi-independent associated state. [22]