Charles Maynard

Charles Maynard was a Dominican politician and cabinet minister from Dominica Freedom Party.

Maynard was born on 18 January 1934 in Roseau. He was educated in the University of the West Indies, the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth and the University of Oxford, England. Back in Dominica, he worked as civil servant. He resigned from the cabinet in January 1980. In the elections of 1985 Maynard succeeded Anthony Moise as the representative of Soufrière in the House of Assembly as a member of DFP. He was a member of the legislature for fifteen years. He was later minister of agriculture and tourism. In 1993 he ran in the leadership elections of DFP to succeed Eugenia Charles, but eventually he lost to Brian Alleyne. He died on 8 May 2012.