Winston Cenac


Winston Francis Cenac Q.C. was a civil servant and politician from Saint Lucia. He was the third elected Prime Minister of independent Saint Lucia.
He served as General Procurator for Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada.
In 1969 he gave up public service to become a lawyer. Elected representative when the Saint Lucia Labour Party gained power in 1979, Cenac became attorney general in the Allan Louisy administration. Cenac became Prime Minister upon Louisy's resignation on May 4, 1981. He served for 8 months until he too was forced into resignation on January 17, 1982. he was replaced in his position by Michael Pilgrim.

Life

In 1952 he obtained the bachelor of laws of London University as an external student.
He died in September 22, 2004 and is buried in Castries City Cemetery.

Family

His brother, Sir Neville Cenac, was also a prominent politician in Saint Lucia until his appointment as Governor-General in 2018.