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Chrysler Thomas

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Chrysler Thomas
Member of Parliament
for Saint Patrick East
In office
December 1976 – March 1979
Preceded byConstituency created
Personal details
Born (1934-09-12) 12 September 1934 (age 90)
Mt. Rose, British Windward Islands
Died11 February 2013(2013-02-11) (aged 78)
New York City, United States
Political partyGrenada United Labour Party

Chrysler Thomas (September 12, 1934 – February 11, 2013) was a Grenadian politician. Thomas served as a member of the Parliament of Grenada representing the Saint Patrick East constituency from December 1976 until the overthrow of the government by the New Jewel Movement on March 13, 1979.[1] He also served as the Ministry of Agriculture while a member of the House of Representatives of Grenada.[2]

Thomas was born as the oldest of three children on September 12, 1934, in Mt. Rose, Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada.[2] He married his wife, Agatha Wells, on Trinidad against the will of his parents the marriage produced had four children.[2] His wife, Agatha, died in 1973 and he married his second wife, Lydia Jack, with whom he had two children.[2]

Thomas was arrested and imprisoned by the People's Revolutionary Government (PRC), led by Maurice Bishop, on March 15, 1979, two days after the revolution.[1] He was held as a political prisoner by the PRC for nearly two years.[1] He fled to the United States following his release from prison.[1] He joined his wife, Lydia, in New York City's borough of Brooklyn, where she had moved after his arrest.[2] Thomas found employment as a security officer at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York.[2]

Thomas died in New York City on February 11, 2013, at the age of 78.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Chrysler Thomas former Parliamentary Rep. for St. Patrick's East 1976-1979 dies". Spiceislander.com. 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Former Member of Parliament laid to rest in New York". Spiceislander.com. 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2013-03-02.