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Legislative Assembly (British Guiana)
The Legislative Assembly was the lower house of the Legislature in British Guiana between 1961 and 1964. History A new constitution was promulgated on 18 July 1961, replacing the unicameral Legislative Council with the Legislature. The new body consisted of a 13-member Senate and a 36-member Legislative Assembly.Historical information events and dates on the Parliament of Guyana from 1718 to 2006 Parliament of Guyana Whilst the 13 members of the Senate were nominated, the Legislative Assembly was elected, and consisted of 35 members elected in single-member constituencies, and a Speaker elected by the elected MPs. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower House
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power or otherwise exert significant political influence. The lower house, typically, is the larger of the two chambers, meaning its members are more numerous. Common attributes In comparison with the upper house, lower houses frequently display certain characteristics (though they vary per jurisdiction). ;Powers: * In a parliamentary system, the lower house: **In the modern era, has much more power, usually based on restrictions against the upper house. **Is able to override the upper house in some ways. **Can vote a motion of no confidence against the government, as well as vote for or against any proposed candidate for head of government at the beginning of the parliamentary term. **Exceptions are Australia, where the Senate has considerable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter D'Aguiar
Peter Stanislaus D'Aguiar ( 1912 – 30 March 1989) was a Guyanese businessman, conservative politician, and minister of finance from 1964 to 1967. Business career In 1934, following the death of his father, D'Aguiar became the managing director of the family business, D'Aguiar Bros. Ltd. The Guyanese business, which was involved in the production of rum and soft drinks, became the first in South America to bottle Pepsi-Cola in 1942. D'aguiar created Banks Breweries Ltd. in 1955, which in contrast to the family business was a public company. However, D'Aguiar Bros. went public in 1966 and merged with Banks Breweries Ltd. in 1969, resulting in D'Aguiar Bros. (D.I.H.) Ltd. Meanwhile, D'Aguiar formed a brewery in Barbados, Banks (Barbados) Breweries Ltd., which opened its doors in September 1961. This was made possible by the capital injection of over 3000 Barbadians who had purchased over 1.5 million shares in 1959. Not before long, the two businesses in Guyana and Barbados ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Alexander Blair
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ramkissoon Jacob
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neville James Bissember
Neville may refer to: Places *Neville, New South Wales, Australia *Neville, Saskatchewan, Canada *Néville, in the Seine-Maritime department, France *Néville-sur-Mer, in the Manche department, France *Neville, Ohio, USA *Neville Township, Pennsylvania, USA People *Neville (name), including a list of people and characters with the name *House of Neville, a noble family of England *Neville (wrestler), ring name of Benjamin Satterley, a British professional wrestler Other uses * USS ''Neville'' (APA-9), a Heywood-class attack transport in the United States Navy *Neville (Thomas the Tank Engine), a railway engine in ''Thomas & Friends'' * Concrete Aboriginal, a lawn ornament in Australia also known as a "Neville" See also * Fifehead Neville, Dorset, England *Tarring Neville, East Sussex, England *Neville's algorithm, used for polynomial interpolation *The Neville Brothers, American band *Naville, a surname *Nevil (other) * Nevill (other) * Nevills (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranji Chandisingh
Ranji Chandisingh was a political leader in Guyana. He was born on 5 January 1930 at San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, and died on 15 June 2009 at his home at Waterloo Street, Guyana. He was the son of Dr. Charles Washington Chandisingh and Amelia Chandisingh. Chandisingh is survived by his wife Veronica and son Yuri. He was among only a few that mastered the pragmatics of communist ideology in Guyana. Education and early occupations Ranji Chandisingh attended Buxton Methodist School on the East Coast Demerara (ECD), Guyana and the Modern High School at Robb Street in Georgetown, Guyana. In 1946, at the age of 16, he went to Harvard University, US, to pursue a degree in medicine, but switched to social science, graduating with a BA in 1949. Chandisingh became an editor in the United Kingdom for monthly newspaper ''Caribbean News''. On his return to Guyana in the early 1960s, he joined the People's Progressive Party (PPP) and took editorship of its newspaper, ''Thunder''. Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Melville
Teddy is an English language given name, usually a hypocorism of Edward or Theodore. It may refer to: People Nickname * Teddy Atlas (born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator * Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer * Teddy Bridgewater (born 1992), Minnesota Vikings quarterback * Teddy Dunn (born 1981), American actor * Teddy Edwards (1924–2003), American jazz saxophonist * Tivadar Farkasházy (born 1945), Hungarian humorist, author, mathematician, economist and journalist * Teddy Gipson (born 1980), American basketball player * Teddy Higuera (born 1957), former Major League Baseball pitcher * Teddy Hoad (1896–1986), West Indian cricketer * Ted Kennedy (1932–2009), long-serving American Senator from Massachusetts * Teddy Kollek (1911–2007), six-time mayor of Jerusalem * Theodore Long (born 1947), general manager for World Wrestling Entertainment * Teddy Morgan (1880–1949), Welsh international rugby union player * Teddy Park (born 1978), record produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Francis Correia
Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the singing group S.E.S. * Eugene (wrestler), professional wrestler Nick Dinsmore * Franklin Eugene (producer), American film producer * Gene Eugene, stage name of Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician Gene Andrusco (1961–2000) * Wendell Eugene (1923–2017), American jazz musician Places Canada * Mount Eugene, in Nunavut; the highest mountain of the United States Range on Ellesmere Island United States * Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast. As of the 2020 United States Census ..., a city ** Eugene, OR Metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balram Singh Rai
Balram Singh Rai (8 February 1921 – January 2022) was a Guyanese politician. He served as Minister of Community Development and Education from 1959 to 1961, then the first Minister of Home Affairs from 1961 to 1962. Education and early career Rai was born on 8 February 1921 in Beterverwagting Village on the East Coast of Demerara, the child of Ramlachan and Radha Rai. They are Hindus of the Arya Samaj denomination from which Rai never deviated by all accounts. He passed his Junior and Senior Cambridge exams at the age of 13, and 16, respectively, and received an LLB degree with honors from the University of London. One early prominent position he held was Vice President of the Civil Service Administration in 1949. While a civil servant, he promoted the then PPP leader, Cheddi Jagan, as a candidate for the 1947 General Election. In 1952, Rai was called to the bar at Middle Temple. Political affiliations Rai entered politics when Guyana had three major rival parties—The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randolph Emanuel Cheeks
Randolph may refer to: Places In the United States * Randolph, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Randolph, Arizona, a populated place * Randolph, California, a village merged into the city of Brea * Randolph, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Randolph, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Randolph, Iowa, a city * Randolph, Kansas, a city * Randolph, Maine, a town and a census-designated place * Randolph, Massachusetts, a city * Randolph, Minnesota, a city * Randolph, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Randolph, Missouri, a city * Randolph, Nebraska, a city * Randolph, New Hampshire, a town * Randolph, New Jersey, a township * Randolph, New York, a town ** Randolph (CDP), New York * Randolph, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Randolph, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Randolph, South Dakota, an unincorporated community * Randolph, Tennessee, an unincorporated community * Randolph, Texas, an unincorporated community * Randolph, Utah, a town * Randol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carter (Guyanese Politician)
Sir John Carter, QC (27 January 1919 – 23 February 2005) was a Guyanese politician, lawyer and diplomat. Career Born in Cane Grove, Demerara, he attended Queens College, Georgetown (then British Guiana) From 1939 to 1945, during the Second World War, he studied and taught law in London. His legal expertise became invaluable when he worked on numerous discrimination cases to the League of Coloured Peoples. In 1944, he became involved in a case of an African-American soldier serving in Britain who had been condemned to death for rape by a US military court. In the end, the sentence was commuted. In 1945, he returned to British Guiana and established a law practice. To his mandatories belonged Forbes Burnham and Desmond Hoyte. In 1948, he became the youngest member of the colony's legislative council. In 1952, he founded the United Democratic Party; in 1957 Forbes Burnham convinced him to become the first chairman of the People's National Congress. In 1962, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Karran
Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to: Animals * A male sheep * Ram cichlid, a freshwater tropical fish People * Ram (given name) * Ram (surname) * Ram (director) (Ramsubramaniam), an Indian Tamil film director * RAM (musician) (born 1974), Dutch * Raja Ram (musician) (Ronald Rothfield), Australian * Ram Dass (Richard Alpert), US spiritual teacher and author * Kavitark Ram Shriram (born 1950s), Google founding board member * Ram Herrera, a Tejano musician Religion * Rama, incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism * Ram and Rud, progenitors of the second generation of humans in Mandaeism Places * Ram, Serbia, Veliko Gradište * Lake Ram, Golan Heights, Syria * Ram Island (other), several islands with the name * Ram Fortress, Serbia * Ram Range, a mountain range in the Canadian Rockies * Ram River in Alberta, Canada * Ramingining Airport, IATA airport code "RAM" Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Ram'' (album), a 1971 album by Paul and Linda McCartney * RAM (band), Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
