Dayton Baptiste

Dayton Baptiste (born 1965) is a Dominican politician in the Dominica Labour Party, and a former police officer in Antigua. He served briefly as an appointed senator in the Dominica House of Assembly in 2010, and has twice been an unsuccessful candidate for an elected seat.

Biography Baptiste was born in Marigot, Dominica, and graduated from the Marigot Foundation High School. He emigrated to Antigua in 1983, where he helped build houses for the homeless as part of a project for his church. Baptiste was then appointed to serve as a senator in the House of Assembly on 4 February 2010. Baptiste resigned his seat to again contest the Marigot constituency in a by-election after James' seat was declared vacant due to the UWP boycott of the House of Assembly. Baptiste again lost to James on 9 July 2010, with 131 votes to James' 669 (16.4% to 83.8%).