HOWELL
SHILLINGFORD
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NAME
Honourable Howell Shillingford, CBE
BORN:
Howell Donald Shillingford
10th July, 1888
Colihaut, Dominica
PROFESSION
Agriculturist & politician
FAMILY
PARENTS:
Thomas Howard Shillingford and Perina Jean-Baptiste
SIBLINGS:
Stafford Aubrey, Isaac Newton, Thomas Hughes, Isaac Newton, Phyllis (Garraway), Lorna, Allan, St. George, Willingfred, Denis, Holeman, Bertha, Ellis, Selwyn, Alphonso, Thomas Dennis, Memie (Joseph), Marian, Bertha (Williams), Lorna, Janet, Gafford, Horseford, Telford, Freddie, Idline (Andrew), Hughes, Delcie (Pierre)
CHILDREN:
Elma, Esley (Boyd), Spenser, Cuthbert, Hughes, Carlyle, Newell, Eileen, Elfa (Bully), Laurina, Abbott, Anna, Vemi, Randy, Jerry, Ronnie, Wilford, Agnes, Rhona, Albert, Winston, Newton, Addison
EDUCATION
| Dominica Grammar School, Roseau, Dominica | |
| Morne Bruce Agricultural School, Morne Bruce, Roseau, Dominica |
CAREER
| 1925–28 | Elected member for electoral district of St. Joseph, St. Peter, St. John & St. Andrew, Legislative Council |
| 1927 | Co-founds the Dominica Taxpayers Reform Association |
| 1928–31 | Elected member, Legislative Council |
| 1931–34 | Elected member, Legislative Council |
| 1932 | Delegate & co-organiser to the Dominica Conference |
| 1934–37 | Elected member, Legislative Council |
| 1944?–47 | Elected member for northern electoral district, Legislature Council |
| 1947–51 | Nominated member, Legislative Council |
| 1951–54 | Elected member for north western district, Legislature Council |
| 1954–57 | Elected member, Legislature Council |
| 1957–61 | Elected member, Legislature Council |
| 1960 | Minister of Trade & Production, Legislative Council |
| 1961–65 | Elected member, Legislative Council, member of the Opposition |
AWARDS
NOTABLE
| • Was a co-founder of the Dominica Taxpayers Reform Association, along with Ralph Nicholls, J.B. Charles, and Randall Lockhart |
| • Played a major role in fight for Dominica’s political devolution from British crown rule to representative government |
| • Helped spearheaded the development of limejuice & banana industries |
| • Was a founding member of the Union Club |
| • Donated land for the Colihaut Primary School & its playground, and provided annual scholarships for poor children to attend secondary school |
| • Was one of the signatories Dominica’s first political manifesto, 1936 |
| • Was awarded the Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his distinguished service to Dominica, 1949 |
| • Retired from politics in 1966 |
DIED
11th October, 1975
Roseau, Dominica