Linton Lewis
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Linton Aaron Lewis (born 1959) is a St Vincent lawyer, politician, former cricketer, and Senator. Lewis played club cricket in Wales for 9 years.[2] He also played for the Windward Islands from 1977 to 1991.[1] He later went into politics in his native St Vincent and the Grenadines. He served as a senator in the St Vincent's House of Assembly from 2012 to 2015.
Lewis was born in Calliaqua, St Vincent on 24 December 1959.[1]
Lewis played club cricket for Amman Valley club in Carmarthenshire, Wales from 1981 to 1990 setting numerous league records.[2][3] He also played in 32 first-class and 18 List A matches for the Windward Islands from 1977 to 1991.[1] In 1984, he scored a half-century in a match between the Windward Islands and Australia.[4]
Lewis studied accounting at the Gwent College of Higher Education.[5] From 1993 to 1995, he studied law at the University of Bristol.[6] There, he played for the Old Bristolians.[6][7] In one match, he scored a double century.[7] Lewis was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1996 at Gray's Inn.[8] He went on to set up in private practice in Kingstown, St Vincent.[2]
In 2013, he was chairman of the New Democratic Party.[2] He served in that role until 2016.[9]
From 2012 to 2015, he was a senator, an appointed member of his country's unicameral House of Assembly.[9]
