Philip Goldson

Philip Goldson
Goldson in 1965
Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Albert[1]
In office 1 March 1965 – 27 August 1998
Preceded by	Frederick Westby
Succeeded by	Mark Espat
Member of the British Honduras Legislative Assembly for Belize South
In office 28 April 1954 – 20 March 1957
Preceded by	(constituency created)
Succeeded by	Denbeigh Jeffrey
Personal details
Born	Philip Stanley Wilberforce Goldson (1923-07-25)25 July 1923 Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize)
Died	3 October 2001(2001-10-03) (aged 78) New York City, United States
Political party	National Alliance for Belizean Rights (1992–1998) United Democratic Party (1973–1992) National Independence Party (1958–1973) Honduran Independence Party (1956–1958) People's United Party (1950–1956)

Philip Stanley Wilberforce Goldson (25 July 1923 – 3 October 2001) was a Belizean newspaper editor, activist and politician. He served in the House of Representatives of Belize as member for the Albert constituency from 1965 to 1998 and twice as a minister. Goldson was a founding member of both of Belize's current major political parties, the People's United Party (PUP) in the 1950s and the United Democratic Party (UDP) in the 1970s. He was also the leading spokesman of the hardline anti-Guatemalan territorial claims National Alliance for Belizean Rights party in the 1990s.