24 Facts About Stephenson King

Stephenson King was born on 13 November 1958 and is the former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia.

Stephenson King is the Senior Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Ports, Transport, Physical Development, and Urban Renewal.

Stephenson King now represents the constituency of Castries North as an Independent candidate as of July 2021, after resigning from the UWP.

Stephenson King is the son of Grafton King; a renowned seaman, from Canouan, StVincent, and Marie Bernadette Satney, a seamstress from the village of Choiseul.

Stephenson King attended the Methodist Infant and Primary Schools for his early infant and primary schooling.

In 1981 following the inaugural youth conference of the United Workers Party, Stephenson King was elected the President of the party's youth arm.

Stephenson King entered the political fray on the island when he was nominated as the candidate for the Castries North-East Constituency.

Stephenson King was then appointed as a Cabinet Minister, serving as the Minister for Community Development, Social Affairs, Youth, Sports, and local Government.

Stephenson King faced the electorate again in 1992 against lawyer Wilkie Larcher of the St Lucia Labour Party.

Stephenson King was able to register a bigger victory this time polling 3,511 to Larcher's 2,009.

Stephenson King would succumb in the tumultuous defeat of the United Worker's Party in the 1997 election where he was defeated by George Odlum on a St Lucia Labour Party ticket.

Stephenson King took a nine-year sabbatical from elective politics although remaining chairman of the party for most of this period.

Compton's illness in May 2007 prompted Stephenson King to be named acting prime minister.

Compton died on 7 September 2007, and Stephenson King announced his death on 8 September.

Stephenson King held the modified portfolio of Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs, Economic Planning and National Development.

Stephenson King eventually acquiesced and returned Choiseul representative Rufus Bousquet to his cabinet, defusing the impasse.

Stephenson King dismissed the representative of Central Castries and Minister of Housing Richard Frederick from cabinet in 2011, following a scandal created by the revocation of his visitors and diplomatic visas by the United States Government.

The Stephenson King administration suffered defeat in the 2011 general elections on 28 November 2011, obtaining only 6 out of 17 seats in Parliament.

Stephenson King was Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition from November 2011 to January 2014.

Stephenson King was at the center of media and public attention in June 2021 as rumors went on that he was going to leave the United Workers Party.

Stephenson King remained silent for weeks before breaking his silence in a dubbed "Address to the Nation"; this address was televised live on the Saint Lucia Choice Media Network and Liberty FM Radio.

Stephenson King would be replaced the day after on 9 July 2021 by President of the Saint Lucia Senate Jeannine Giraudy-McIntyre.

Stephenson King went on to justify his withdrawal in his "Address to The Nation", stating:.

Stephenson King married Rosella Nestor, his longtime partner in a wedding ceremony in Miami on Saturday 29 November 2008.