Dr Qwominer William Osborne , OBE (usually referred to as Q.W. Osborne or William Osborne ) was a British Virgin Islander politician and physician.
13-581: Maduro is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Politicians [ edit ] Conrad Maduro ( fl. 1967–present ), British Virgin Islands politician and party leader Nicolás Maduro (born 1962), Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro Guerra (born 1990), Venezuelan politician, son of the Venezuelan president Ricardo Maduro (born 1946), former President of Honduras and chairman of
26-698: A bank in Curaçao Maduro Holding , a conglomerate operating in the Dutch Caribbean [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Maduro . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maduro&oldid=1251427670 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
39-542: A happy one, possibly driven apart by Osborne's own desire to be Chief Minister . Wheatley removed Osborne from his Ministerial post in 1972. The VI Democratic Party splintered, and officially offered no contestants in the 1975 general election . Osborne stood as an independent candidate and was re-elected. Willard Wheatley threw his lot in with the BVI United Party and won, forming a new coalition government and remaining as Chief Minister. Osborne ran again in
52-522: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Conrad Maduro Conrad Antonio Maduro (born 2 December 1935) is a British Virgin Islander politician and longtime leader of the United Party . Remarkably, Conrad Maduro has led his party to victory at three different general elections, but has never been appointed Chief Minister . Maduro has contested more general elections in
65-694: The 1967 general election introduced party politics into the British Virgin Islands, and Osborne founded and became leader of the VI Democratic Party . Ultimately that party would come second in the election to the BVI United Party led by Lavity Stoutt . Osborne thereby became the first ever Leader of the Opposition in the British Virgin Islands . In the subsequent 1971 general election he led his party to
78-553: The 1979 general election , but was easily defeated by Cyril Romney and retired for the first time. In that election he was the only candidate who stood for the VI Democratic Party (by then referred to simply as the Democratic Party), and after his defeat the party ceased to exist. Osborne would later come out of retirement to run one more time, in 1986, but garnered barely any electoral support and lost by
91-517: The British Virgin Islands is normally characterised by leading politicians crossing the floor , during his political career Maduro was unusual in remaining steadfastly loyal to the United Party. After the 1983 general election, he formed part of the coalition government and served as Minister for Natural Resources and Public Health. He also performed the same Ministerial role as an opposition politician between 1972 and 1975 when Dr Q.W. Osborne
104-403: The British Virgin Islands than any other politician except for Lavity Stoutt and Ralph T. O'Neal , contesting ten general elections between (and including) the 1967 general election and the 2003 general election , winning four times. Including by-elections, Conrad Maduro has contested 11 elections in total; equaling the record held jointly by Lavity Stoutt and Ralph O'Neal. Whereas politics in
117-690: The Central Bank of Honduras Xiomara Maduro (born 1974), Aruban politician and minister Athletes [ edit ] Calvin Maduro (born 1974), Aruban professional baseball player Clayon Maduro (born 1989), Aruban professional footballer Hedwiges Maduro (born 1985), Dutch footballer Ryan Maduro (born 1986), American professional soccer player Other [ edit ] George Maduro (1916–1945), Dutch World War II hero See also [ edit ] Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium , ballpark of Miami Maduro & Curiel's Bank ,
130-494: The Opposition in the Legislative Council of the British Virgin Islands . In June 2014 Maduro announced his desire to return the United Party to political prominence, and confirmed that if selected as a candidate he would run in the next general election . If he did so then he would contest his 12th election in the British Virgin Islands, breaking the tie he presently holds with Lavity Stoutt and Ralph O'Neal for
143-405: The highest number of overall seats, but short of an outright majority. Faced with potentially ruling as a minority government , he formed a coalition with independent candidate Willard Wheatley . However, Wheatley required that he be made Chief Minister , and Osborne agreed. Osborne was appointed Minister for Natural Resources and Public Health. The subsequent administration appeared not to be
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#1732758235060156-450: The most general elections contested. Ultimately however he did not end up contesting the 2015 general election . Qwominer William Osborne His political career started in the 1963 general election , when he was elected to the seat for the 5th District. Prior to 1967 elections to the Legislative Council of the British Virgin Islands were on a non-party basis, and legislators who were elected governed collectively. However,
169-452: Was removed from his ministerial post in 1972. In 1986, he won election in the 2nd District over Prince Stoutt by just a single vote, which is tied for the record for the narrowest margin of victory in a British Virgin Islands election. His victory with just 92 votes is also a record for the smallest number of votes for a victorious candidate. From 1988 to 1990, he served as the Leader of
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