About Vernon Arnett
Lived 1905 – 1981 (aged 75–76). Vernon Arnett was a Jamaican politician and businessperson.
Vernon Arnett was a businessman and politician from Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Representatives of Jamaica as a member of the People's National Party. He served as Minister of Finance and the Public Service from May 1959 to April 1962.
As he was a member of the People's National Party, and at a conference in 1964, Vivian Blake clashed with Vernon Arnett over proposals for land reform and the party's support for democratic socialism; Arnett's supporters blasted Blake as a "capitalist", "land baron", and "race-horse owner", while one of Blake's supporters drew a pistol. The conference quickly dispersed thereafter. Vivian Blake said to represent the party's "Glasspole tendencies", that is to say, its right wing.
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Who was Vernon Arnett?
politician from Jamaica
When was Vernon Arnett born?
Vernon Arnett was born in 1905.
When did Vernon Arnett die?
Vernon Arnett died in 1981.
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Vernon Arnett was a politician and businessperson.
What nationality was Vernon Arnett?
Vernon Arnett was Jamaican.
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