Linton Lewis

Linton Lewis
Born (1959-12-24) 24 December 1959[1]
Saint Vincent[1]
OccupationsLawyer, former cricketer, politician

Linton Aaron Lewis (born 1959) is a St Vincent lawyer, politician, former cricketer, and Senator. Lewis played club cricket in Wales for 9 years.[2] He also played for the Windward Islands from 1977 to 1991.[1] He later went into politics in his native St Vincent and the Grenadines. He served as a senator in the St Vincent's House of Assembly from 2012 to 2015.

Biography

Lewis was born in Calliaqua, St Vincent on 24 December 1959.[1]

Lewis played club cricket for Amman Valley club in Carmarthenshire, Wales from 1981 to 1990 setting numerous league records.[2][3] He also played in 32 first-class and 18 List A matches for the Windward Islands from 1977 to 1991.[1] In 1984, he scored a half-century in a match between the Windward Islands and Australia.[4]

Lewis studied accounting at the Gwent College of Higher Education.[5] From 1993 to 1995, he studied law at the University of Bristol.[6] There, he played for the Old Bristolians.[6][7] In one match, he scored a double century.[7] Lewis was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1996 at Gray's Inn.[8] He went on to set up in private practice in Kingstown, St Vincent.[2]

In 2013, he was chairman of the New Democratic Party.[2] He served in that role until 2016.[9]

From 2012 to 2015, he was a senator, an appointed member of his country's unicameral House of Assembly.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Linton Lewis". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Rhys, Steffan (28 March 2013). "Caribbean leader-in-waiting credits Welsh town that helped make him". Wales Online. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Linton Lewis: my debt to Ammanford". South Wales Guardian. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "John Century off Aussies". Evening Post. Bristol, England. 16 April 1984. p. 44 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Linton Bids Farewell: Ammanford Loses No 1 Run Maker". South Wales Evening Post. Swansea, Wales. 15 July 1989. p. 31. Retrieved 18 April 2026 – via newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 Stockhausen, Andy (20 July 1994). "Old Boys Going Up in the World". Evening Post. p. 35. Retrieved 18 April 2026 – via newspapers.com. Bristolians' ability to score runs... has been much improved by the arrival of Linton Lewis.... A law student at Bristol University, Lewis rested his case in emphatic style in a recent game against Westbury.
  7. 1 2 "Linton Goes on Rampage". Evening Post. Bristol, England. 1 May 1995. p. 27. Retrieved 18 April 2026 – via newspapers.com. Linton Lewis blasted an astonishing 229 as Old Bristolians totalled 422-6 in 60 overs in a Classic Bat Cup match at Failand. The Bristol University law student crashed 7 sixes and 30 fours in a chanceless knock against fellow Alliance League side Trowbridge.
  8. ↑ "Calls to the Bar". The Independent. 26 July 1996. p. 14. Retrieved 18 April 2026 – via newspapers.com.
  9. 1 2 "SVG: Former NDP chair who sang ULP's praises changes tune amidst defeat". WINNFM 98.9. 17 April 2026. Retrieved 18 April 2026. Linton Lewis, a lawyer... was the NDP's chairman until 2016 and a party senator from 2012 to 2015. He ran and lost once in [the constituency of] West St. George and three times in East St. George on an NDP ticket before falling out of favour with the party sometime after 2016.
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