Vernon Arnett
Jamaican businessman and politician
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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.[1][2]
Vernon Arnett | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance and the Public Service | |
| In office May 1959 – April 1962 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor-General | Sir Kenneth Blackburne |
| Preceded by | Noel Newton Nethersole |
| Succeeded by | Donald Sangster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 1981 (aged 75–76) |
| Party | People's National Party |
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.[3] Vivian Blake said to represent the party's "Glasspole tendencies", that is to say, its right wing.[4]
