Cyprian Lansiquot

Cyprian Lansiquot is a Saint Lucian lawyer and politician. He was a Labour Party member of the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia from 1997 to 2006 and served as a parliamentary secretary.

Private career Lansiquot has a diploma and a post-graduate diploma in agriculture from the University of the West Indies and has worked as an agricultural officer. He received a law degree from the University of Wolverhampton in 2004, was called to the Bar of England and Wales in November 2010, and joined the Saint Lucia Bar Association the following month.

Politician

Lansiquot was elected for the Anse-la-Raye/Canaries constituency in the 1997 national elections, in which the Labour Party won a majority government. In May 1997, he was appointed by incoming prime minister Kenny Anthony as parliamentary secretary to the minister of communications, works, transport and public utilities. He held this position for the next five years, having won a second parliamentary mandate in 2001, and later served as parliamentary secretary to the minister of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries from 2002 to 2006.

Lansiquot fended off a high-profile challenge by trade union leader David Demacque for the Anse-la-Raye/Canaries Labour nomination in early 2006. The Labour Party was defeated in that year's general election, and Lansiquot narrowly lost his seat to Keith Mondesir of the United Workers Party.

Electoral record + 2006 Saint Lucian general electionAnse-la-Raye/Canaries Keith Mondesir United Workers Party 2,132 51.00 (x)Cyprian Lansiquot Saint Lucia Labour Party 2,042 48.85 Kensley Peter Independent 6 0.14 Total valid votes 4,180 Spoiled ballots 81 Total votes casts 4,261 60.35 Total electorate 7,060

+ 2001 Saint Lucian general electionAnse-la-Raye/Canaries (x)Cyprian Lansiquot Saint Lucia Labour Party 2,061 58.65 Keith Mondesir National Alliance 1,198 34.09 Petra Desir United Workers Party 255 7.26 Total valid votes 3,514 Spoiled ballots 116 Total votes casts 3,630

+ 1997 Saint Lucian general electionAnse-la-Raye/Canaries Cyprian Lansiquot Saint Lucia Labour Party 2,813 65.69 Joseph Lawrence United Workers Party 1,469 34.31 Total valid votes 4,282 Spoiled ballots 58 Total votes casts 4,340