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Saint Lucia is an island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. The island was previously called Iyonola, the name given to the island by the native Arawaks, and later Hewanorra, the name given by the native Caribs, two separate Amerindian peoples. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 617 km2 and reported a population of 165,595 in the 2010 census. Its capital is Castries. Soufrière was colonized by the French and was the original capital of the island.
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Shawn Edward is a Saint Lucian politician and representative in the House of Assembly for the Constituency of Dennery North for the Saint Lucia Labour Party. Edward also serves as Minister for Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training. Edward won his seat once again at the 2021 Saint Lucian General Election. He is also the 2nd Deputy Political Leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party. Edward has not lost his seat since his entry in the 2011 Saint Lucian General Election.
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- ↑ "Members of the Senate". Government of Saint Lucia. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020.
- ↑ "Caribbean Elections Biography | Claudius Francis". caribbeanelections.com. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- 1 2 Nestor, Dean (18 January 2020). "CLAUDIUS TELLS IT LIKE IT IS: DOMINIC FEDEE IS ST. LUCIAN!". St. Lucia Star. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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