Gertrude Eastmond

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GertrudeLilian Eastmond-Welch (died 1 April 2024) was a Barbadian businesswoman and politician of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP).

Biography

Eastmond was educated at St. Elizabeth Primary School. [1] Eastmond worked as a businesswoman and owned a supermarket and shopping centre. [2]

At the 1971 Barbadian general election, [3] Eastmond was elected to the House of Assembly of Barbados for the constituency St. Michael North East as a member of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP). [4] [5] She was the second woman to be elected to the House of Assembly of Barbados, [6] after Edna Ermyntrude Bourne, who was elected twenty years earlier. [7] [8] Eastmond was a member of the Democratic League of Women (DLW) within the DLP. [9]

From 1971 to 1976, Eastmond served as Parliamentary Secretary of Health and Welfare. [10] On 15 October 1976, Eastmond resigned as Parliamentary Secretary and from the DLP. [11] [12] She ran as an independent candidate at the 1976 Barbadian general election, [13] but was not elected. [14]

After her term in office, Eastmond became president of the Barbados Employers Confederation. [15]

Eastmond died on 1 April 2024, aged 95. [1] [16]

References

  1. 1 2 Brathwaite, Sheria (31 May 2024). "Brothers donate to school to honour late mum". Barbados Today. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  2. ↑ World's Freest Nation. Ebony. September 1975. p. 48.
  3. ↑ WOMEN IN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN THE CARIBBEAN (PDF). United Nations Women. November 2018. p. 11.
  4. ↑ "Barbados General Election Results 1971". www.caribbeanelections.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Price, Sanka (1986). Politics Barbados: The Guide to the General Election, 1986. Sanka Price Jnr. p. 46.
  6. ↑ Deane, Sandy (4 September 2024). "DLP women push back against misogyny claims amid high-profile resignations". Barbados Today. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "History of Barbados Parliament". Totally Barbados. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  8. ↑ Hosein, Gabrielle; Parpart, Jane (22 December 2016). Negotiating Gender, Policy and Politics in the Caribbean: Feminist Strategies, Masculinist Resistance and Transformational Possibilities. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 29. ISBN   978-1-78348-752-3.
  9. ↑ "WOMEN in Barbados deserve to be Included and Heard". The Bajan Reporter. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Barbados Ministers". www.guide2womenleaders.com. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  11. ↑ Caribbean Insight. Vol. 13–15. Goodyear Gibbs (Caribbean). 1990. p. 7.
  12. ↑ Caribbean Monthly Bulletin. Vol. 10–11. Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico. 1976. p. 29.
  13. ↑ Emmanuel, Patrick (1979). General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean: A Handbook. Institute of Social and Economic Research (Eastern Caribbean), University of the West Indies. p. 69.
  14. ↑ "Barbados General Election Results 1976". www.caribbeanelections.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  15. ↑ Woman Speak!. 1982. p. 27.
  16. ↑ "Students receive financial support". Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
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