Franklin Meyers

In 1994 he postulated himself for the Netherlands Antilles parliamentary election on Joseph Richardson's Partnership for Political Reform Party but did not obtain enough votes to be elected.^[8] The following year, he joined the Democratic Party (DP) for the island council election but once again was unable to secure the sufficient votes needed to be elected. In the 1999 island council election Meyers received 534 votes and was elected. He resigned from his position at Emerald Funeral Home to serve in public office, he became a member of the Executive Council and the Island Council and served as a Commissioner for 2 consecutive terms from 1999 until 2007.^[9]

On 30 June 2008 Meyers resigned as a member from the Democratic Party citing the frequent controversies and statements made by then DP member Maria Buncamper-Molanus.^[10]

In 2010, Meyers along with Theodore Heyliger and a few others established the United People's Party (UP).^[11] While Meyers decided not to seek election for public office at that time, he stayed on as President of the party. After forming the very first government of country Sint Maarten, with the DP, the UP Party was sworn into office and Meyers took on the position of Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Telecommunications, and Transportation.^[12] In April 2012, United People's parliamentary faction leader Romain Laville left his party and became an independent member of parliament causing the first Wescot-Williams government to fall.^[13] Meyers was succeeded by Romeo Pantophlet of the National Alliance (NA) on 21 May 2012.^[14]

In 2007, after deciding to retire from politics he started his own business; the Royal Funeral Home and Crematorium. During this time, Meyers successfully obtained his private pilot license.^[6] In 2013 Meyers married his long time partner businesswoman Brenda Wathey in Bali, Indonesia.^[15]