Hudson Tannis

Hudson Tannis
Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
In office
October 1980 – July 1984
Prime MinisterMilton Cato
Succeeded byEdward Griffith
Leader of Saint Vincent Labour Party
In office
January 1985 – August 1986
Preceded byMilton Cato
Succeeded byVincent Beache
Personal details
Born
Hudson Kemuel Tannis

1928[1]
Died3 August 1986

Hudson Kemuel Tannis[2] was a politician from Saint Vincent, Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and leader of the Saint Vincent Labour Party.

Tannis was born in 1928.[1] He worked as barrister-at-law.[3]

Tannis was a member of Saint Vincent Labour Party.[4] He was first elected as a member of the House of Assembly in 1967.[4]

Tannis held many cabinet positions during Milton Cato administrations. He was minister of communications, works and labour from 1969 to 1970.[4] He was minister of education and health from 1970 to 1972.[4] He was minister of communications and works from 1975 to 1977.[4] He was minister of home affairs and tourism from 1977 to 1978 and from 1979 to 1980.[4] He was minister of external affairs and tourism from 1980 until 1984.[4] He was also accredited as the non-resident ambassador to United States since 1981. Tannis was Deputy Prime Minister from October 1980[5] to July 1984,[6] when Labour Party lost elections

Tannis was elected to succeed retiring Milton Cato as party leader in January 1985.[7] However, he died in a tragic plane accident on 3 August 1986 on LIAT Flight 319 when returning from Saint Lucia.[8][3]

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  2. ^ "British Caribbean Who, What, why". L.S. Smith. 1969.
  3. ^ a b "Remembering LIAT Flight 319 - Searchlight". www.searchlight.vc. 29 July 2005.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FROM LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1951 to INDEPENDENCE 1979 to PRESENT" (PDF). House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-14.
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  7. ^ Lansford, Tom (9 June 2023). Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-0718-5305-4.
  8. ^ "Biographical Sketch of Sir Vincent Beache - Searchlight". www.searchlight.vc. 16 August 2019.