Lennox Linton
{{Short description|Dominican politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| party = United Workers' Party (Dominica)
| website =
| name = Lennox Linton
| office = Leader of the Opposition
| caption = Lennox Linton at press conference.
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| predecessor = Hector John
| birth_place = Marigot, Dominica
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|25|df=y}}
| successor = Jesma Paul
| termstart = 22 December 2014
| termend = 6 December 2022
| constituency_MP1 = Marigot, Dominica
| term_start1 = 8 December 2014
| term_end1 = 6 December 2022
| predecessor1 = Edison James
| successor1 = Anthony S. Charles
}}Lennox Irving Linton (born 25 November 1956) is a Dominican politician in the United Workers' Party (UWP). He was first elected as the Representative for the Marigot constituency in the House of Assembly of Dominica on 8 December 2014.{{Cite web |title=Lennox Linton |url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/knowledge/biography/bios/linton_lennox.asp |access-date=January 6, 2023 |publisher=KnowledgeWalk Institute}} He served as Leader of the Opposition from 22 December 2014 until the 6 December 2022 snap general election and as Leader of UWP from 1 September 2013 until his resignation on 3 October 2022.{{Cite news |last=Felicite-St Jean |first=Kimani |date=October 5, 2022 |title=Dominica’s Lennox Linton steps down as political leader of UWP |work=Loop |url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/dominicas-lennox-linton-steps-down-political-leader-uwp |access-date=January 6, 2023}} He currently serves as President of the United Worker’s Party. He is a former journalist, radio presenter, party leader and corporate executive.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-27 |title=Dr. Thomson Fontaine is the new political leader of the United Workers Party |url=https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/homepage-carousel/dr-thomson-fontaine-is-the-new-political-leader-of-the-united-workers-party/ |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=Dominica News Online |language=en-US}}
Biography
Linton was born in Marigot, Dominica, where he attended the Marigot Government School and the Dominica Grammar School. He later studied broadcasting at the University of Texas at Austin during the 1980s.{{Cite web |title=This week speaker - Hon. Lennox Linton |url=https://denverlions.org/stories/hon-lennox-linton |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=The Lions Club of Denver}}
Before entering politics Linton worked as a journalist. From 1982 to 1983 he was an announcer and news reporter at DBS Radio Dominica. He served as editor of The New Chronicle newspaper in Dominica from 1983 to 1984.{{Cite web |title=This week speaker - Hon. Lennox Linton |url=https://denverlions.org/stories/hon-lennox-linton |website=Denver Lions Club}} In 2012, he was named The Chronicle‘s Man of the Year and was credited his “meticulous” chronicling of “the failings and manipulation of the justice system” and challenging and forcing the Integrity Commission “to live up to its statutory mandate to ensure integrity in public office.”{{Cite news |date=December 9, 2012 |title=Lennox Linton is Chronicle’s Man of the Year |work=Dominica News Online |url=https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/lennox-linton-is-chronicles-man-of-the-year/ |access-date=January 6, 2023}} Linton also served as senior producer at the Barbados-based Radio Service of the Caribbean News Agency, Host of MARPIN Television Show “What About”, Host of MARPIN Television News and Current Affairs Show “Good Morning Dominica” and was Manager of the Antiguan-based Observer Radio from 2004 to 2006.{{Cite news |title=Lennox Irving Linton 2014 General Election Candidate |work=The Sun |url=http://sundominica.com/elections/2014-general-election-5/politicians/lennox-linton-10/ |access-date=January 6, 2023}}
Between 1997 and 2003, under the global education programme of a US fortune 500 company, Linton was trained as a frontline facilitator of various people development programs in strategic planning, goal alignment, leadership, performance management, customer service and logistics. Linton served as President of Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce and was an employee at Dominica Coconut Products and Colgate Palmolive Dominica where he served as Corporate Communications Manager, Human Resource Director, Customer Service/Logistics Director and Supply Chain Manager.
On September 1, 2013, Linton was elected Leader of the United Worker’s Party (UWP). On December 8, 2014, he was elected Parliamentary Representative for the Marigot Constituency and was sworn in as Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition later that month. Linton served as leader of UWP until his resignation on October 3, 2022. On November 6, 2022, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt called a snap general election which took place on December 6, 2022. The United Worker’s Party made the decision not to contest the snap general election, opting to boycott instead.{{Cite news |date=November 8, 2022 |title=Opposition party in Dominica to boycott snap general election |work=The Jamaica Gleaner |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/caribbean/20221108/opposition-party-dominica-boycott-snap-general-election |access-date=January 6, 2023}} On November 22, 2022, Linton was named President of the party and Thomson Fontaine became the new leader of UWP. The December 6, 2022, snap general election resulted in an independent candidate, Anthony S. Charles, succeeding Linton as Parliamentary representative of the Marigot constituency.{{Cite news |date=9 December 2022 |title=Prime Minister Skerrit meets with newly-elected Marigot MP Anthony Charles |work=Dominica News Online |url=https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/elections/prime-minister-skerrit-meets-with-newly-elected-marigot-mp-anthony-charles/}}
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Category:Members of the House of Assembly of Dominica