Robert Montague (Jamaican politician)

Robert Montague (born 1965) is a Jamaican politician with the Jamaica Labour Party. He comes from a political family; his father Asquith Nathaniel was a charter member of the JLP. He entered politics in 1990 as a councillor for Carron Hall, Saint Mary Parish.[1] He later became the mayor of Port Maria.[2] In 2012, Opposition Leader Andrew Holness named him a member of the Senate of Jamaica.[3] He is now the Minister of Transport And Mining in the Andrew Holness-led government after winning the 2016 Jamaican general election. He is the MP for the Saint Mary Western constituency.

  1. ^ "Robert Montague: Caribbean man with an international flavour". Jamaica Gleaner. 6 December 2009. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Making news in Saint Mary". Jamaica Gleaner. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  3. ^ "All but one senator named". Jamaica Gleaner. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.