Hugh Gordon Cummins

{{Short description|Barbadian politician}}

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{{Infobox Prime Minister

| name= Dr. Hugh Gordon Cummins

| image=Hugh_Cummins_1951.png

| order=2nd Premier of Barbados

| term_start=17 April 1958

| term_end=8 December 1961

| monarch=Elizabeth II

| governor=Sir Robert Arundell
Sir John Montague Stow

| predecessor=Grantley Herbert Adams

| successor=Errol Barrow

| birth_date={{birth date|1891|2|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place= British Windward Islands, (present day Barbados)

| death_date={{death date and age|1970|10|26|1891|2|2|df=yes}}

| death_place=Barbados

| spouse=

| occupation=Doctor

| party=Barbados Labour Party

| alma_mater=Queen's University

| signature=

| religion=

|}}

Dr. Hugh Gordon Hylvestra Cummins (2 February 1891{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BHEjAQAAIAAJ&q=Dr.+Hugh+Gordon+Hylvestra+Cummins+1891|title = The British Caribbean Who, What, why|last1 = Smith|first1 = Lloyd Sydney|year = 1955}} – 26 October 1970){{Cite web|url=https://www.rulers.org/indexc4.html|title = Index Co-Cz}} was a Barbadian politician. He served as Premier of Barbados from 17 April 1958 to 8 December 1961 and was a member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP).

In 1919, Dr. Cummins graduated from Queen's Faculty of Medicine where he became medical practitioner and later established a medical practice in the Bridgetown.[https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2018-03-02/features/the-forgotten-legacies-of-queens-black-medical-students/ The forgotten legacies of Queen's Black medical students] In 1940, he became one of the first Barbados Labour Party members of Parliament. In 1951 he together with Grantley Herbert Adams, Mencea Cox (Sir Mencea) and Frank Walcott (Rt. Excellent Sir Frank) were appointed members of the Executive Committee of the BLP. He also became a Minister in 1954 when Ministerial Government was introduced. Cummins was the Speaker of the House of Assembly of Barbados from 1956 to 1958.{{cite web |title=The House of Assembly |url=https://www.barbadosparliament.com/main_page_content/show_content/7 |website=www.barbadosparliament.com}}

He became the second Premier of Barbados when Sir Grantley was elected Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation. During his premiership he held the additional portfolio of Minister of Finance.

His outstanding achievement was the abolition of the Located Labourers Act and he is commemorated by the naming of the ABC Highway and the Gordon Cummins Polyclinic in St. Thomas, the constituency that he represented.