Gertrude Eastmond
Gertrude Lilian Eastmond-Welch (died 1 April 2024) was a Barbadian businesswoman and politician of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP).
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Brathwaite, Sheria (31 May 2024). "Brothers donate to school to honour late mum". Barbados Today. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ World's Freest Nation. Ebony. September 1975. p. 48.
- ^ WOMEN IN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN THE CARIBBEAN (PDF). United Nations Women. November 2018. p. 11.
- ^ "Barbados General Election Results 1971". www.caribbeanelections.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ Price, Sanka (1986). Politics Barbados: The Guide to the General Election, 1986. Sanka Price Jnr. p. 46.
- ^ Deane, Sandy (4 September 2024). "DLP women push back against misogyny claims amid high-profile resignations". Barbados Today. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "History of Barbados Parliament". Totally Barbados. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "WOMEN in Barbados deserve to be Included and Heard". The Bajan Reporter. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Barbados Ministers". www.guide2womenleaders.com. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ Caribbean Insight. Vol. 13–15. Goodyear Gibbs (Caribbean). 1990. p. 7.
- ^ Caribbean Monthly Bulletin. Vol. 10–11. Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico. 1976. p. 29.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Barbados General Election Results 1976". www.caribbeanelections.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ Woman Speak!. 1982. p. 27.
- ^ "Students receive financial support". Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 September 2025.