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Hilbourne Frank

Hilbourne Frank

Antigua and Barbuda politician (1931–2020)


Sir Thomas Hilbourne Frank (6 December 1931 - 29 March 2020) was a politician from Antigua and Barbuda. He was a political leader of the Barbuda People's Movement, which favours greater independence of Barbuda from Antigua and supports the United Progressive Party.

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He served as Chairman of the Barbuda Council on two occasions – from 1979 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1997. He also served as Barbuda's sole member of the House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda between 1989 and 2004. In 2004, he retired as a legislator; he was knighted later that year.[1]

During the independence era, Frank hoped to block Antigua and Barbuda's membership bid to join the United Nations.[2] Frank hoped to make Barbuda a UN trust territory or a part of another sovereign state.[3][4]

He died on March 29, 2020, at age 88, in Codrington, Barbuda.[5][6]


References

  1. "Barbuda Politics". 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  2. "Lewiston Morning Tribune - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  3. Spokane Daily Chronicle. Spokane Daily Chronicle.
  4. Ocala Star-Banner. Ocala Star-Banner.
  5. "Sir Hilbourne Frank laid to rest". Antigua Observer Newspaper. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  6. "Former BPM Leader Hilbourne Passed Away At Age 88". Antigua News Room. 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2022-01-08.



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