18 Facts About Stanley Redwood

Reverend Stanley St John Redwood was born on 3 March 1965 and is a Jamaican minister and former politician from the People's National Party.

Stanley Redwood was the 10th President of the Senate of Jamaica, serving from 18 January 2012 to 10 May 2013.

Stanley Redwood was born on 3 March 1965 in Joint Wood, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica.

In 1989 Stanley Redwood received a Diploma in Ministerial Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in theology from the United Theological College of the West Indies, and became a Moravian minister.

Stanley Redwood was appointed to a leadership position over several Moravian Churches in Manchester Parish, to the east of Saint Elizabeth Parish.

Stanley Redwood would go on to serve in a number of administrative roles in academia.

Stanley Redwood became a full-time employee of the IUC in 2005, and served at different times as a lecturer, regional dean, and assistant vice-president at the IUC.

Subsequent to his break from the Moravian Church, Stanley Redwood founded the New Holland Church in Saint Elizabeth Parish.

In 2002 Stanley Redwood ran for the Saint Elizabeth North Western seat in the Jamaican House of Representatives, one of four seats belonging to Saint Elizabeth Parish, as a member of the People's National Party.

Stanley Redwood claimed that his social work led him into politics, and he campaigned on a platform of bringing infrastructure and a university to the district.

In 2003 Stanley Redwood was a candidate for one of fifteen seats in the Saint Elizabeth North West local government.

Stanley Redwood openly praised Buchanan, and campaigned on continuing his legacy.

Stanley Redwood's opponent was the Christopher Tufton of the Jamaica Labour Party.

Stanley Redwood was one of six new senators, and one of five new senators from the ruling People's National Party.

Stanley Redwood formally resigned on 10 May 2013, ending a sixteen-month term in the Jamaican Parliament.

Stanley Redwood claimed that he filed the application to emigrate to Canada five years before, following his loss in the 2007 general election, and that he did not know if or when his application would be accepted.

Alando Terrelonge, the legal adviser for Jamaica Labour Party's youth wing, Generation 2000, called his decision "cowardice", and continued that "It is a cause for great concern that Stanley Redwood would run faster than the many university graduates and civil servants, who have similar options, but who instead make the sacrifice to fight for the Jamaica we all believe in".

The Jamaica Gleaners column "The Gavel" criticized Stanley Redwood for campaigning for a "Jamaica-first doctrine" which would exclude dual-citizens from Parliament, despite having already filed papers to emigrate from Jamaica.