Alvin Braynen

Alvin Braynen
Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas
In office
9 February 1967 – 18 October 1972
Prime MinisterLynden Pindling
Preceded byRobert Symonette
Succeeded byArlington Butler
Personal details
Born
Alvin Rudolph Braynen

(1904-12-06)6 December 1904
Died9 October 1992(1992-10-09) (aged 87)
Political partyUnited Bahamian Party

Sir Alvin Braynen was a Bahamian politician and former Speaker of the House of Assembly.

Braynen was born on 6 December 1904 at Current[1] on Eleuthera.[2] He worked as consultant to Shell Oil[2] from 1969 to 1982.[3]

Braynen was elected to the House of Assembly in 1935,[3] and was continuosly elected for 35 years. He was a member of United Bahamian Party until 1967, when he run as independent.[4] He was deputy speaker from 1949 to 1953 and from 1963 to 1966.[3] He served as the Speaker of the House of Assembly from February 1967 to October 1972.[4]

Braynen was appointed as the high commissioner for the Bahamas in London[2] from 1973 to 1977.[4]

He died on 9 October 1992.[5]

  1. ^ "Sir Alvin is far from a mulatto". www.tribune242.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Personalities Caribbean". Personalities Limited. 1983.
  3. ^ a b c "The International Who's who 1983-84". Europa Publications. 1983.
  4. ^ a b c "Today in History: December 6". Our News. 7 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Sir Alvin Rudolph Braynen (1904-1992) - Find a..." www.findagrave.com.