Michael Pilgrim

{{Short description|Former prime minister of Saint Lucia}}

Bryan Michael Pilgrim (born 3 January 1947)[https://books.google.com/books?id=HEFACwAAQBAJ&dq=Michael+Pilgrim+1947&pg=PA314 Profile of Michael Pilgrim] is a Saint Lucian politician and former prime minister.

He was appointed as a minister within the office of Prime Minister Allan Louisy after Saint Lucia Labour Party victory in the elections of 1979. However, he fell out with the Labour party in 1982.{{cite book |last1=Josie |first1=Peter |title=Shattered Dreams: A Political Odyssey in Port-Independent St Lucia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgD-5_R2VtAC |language=en |date=22 May 2012|publisher=Trafford |isbn=978-1-4669-3738-3 }} He served as 4th prime minister of Saint Lucia (acting prime minister) after the resignation of Winston Cenac on 17 January 1982.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/17/world/around-the-world-st-lucia-premier-quits-over-a-series-of-strikes.html|title=St. Lucia Premier Quits Over a Series of Strikes|date=1982-01-17|work=New York Times|accessdate=22 February 2010}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/all-the-queen-s-men-and-some-women-1.656095|title=All the Queen's men — and some women|publisher=CBC|accessdate=22 February 2010 | date=27 June 2007}} He also held the additional portfolio of Minister of Finance.{{cite web |title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Mar 1982. |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c109412935 |website=HathiTrust |hdl=2027/uc1.c109412935 |language=en}} As agreed he served for four months. He campaigned in the 1982 elections as Progressive Labour Party candidate, but lost. He was succeeded as prime minister in May 1982 by John Compton,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D4c1AAAAIBAJ&pg=1311,2111191&dq=michael-pilgrim+prime-minister&hl=en|title=Ex-PM's party wins election in St Lucia|date=1982-05-05|publisher=Montreal Gazette|accessdate=22 February 2010}} leader of the United Workers' Party.

He campaigned in both of the 1987 elections as a candidate of Progressive Labour Party candidate, but lost. Then Pilgrim set up his own accounting firm. However, in the elections of 1992 he campaigned as United Workers Party (UWP) candidate, but lost.