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Sir Donald attended as Acting Prime Minister, the conferences in London in 1965, Lagos in 1966. Sangster accompanied Sir Alexander Bustamante to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference in London in 1962 and he attended this conference as Sir Alexander’s representative in 1964. He also led Jamaica’s delegation to the Canada-Commonwealth Caribbean Countries in Ottawa in July 1966.

He also led the delegation to these conferences in Georgetown, Guyana in 1965 and in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1966. Sir Donald was a member of Jamaica’s delegation to the Heads of Commonwealth Caribbean conference in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad in 1963 and in Kingston, Jamaica in 1964. He had been a Governor of the World Bank and IMF since 1963. He also led Jamaica ’s delegation to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington (1963-1966). Jamaica was the host country for this conference in 1955 and Sir Donald presided. He was Jamaica ’s representative on the West Indies Regional Economic Committee from 1950 to 1955, and Leader of Jamaica’s delegations to the Commonwealth Economic Consultative Council Conferences in 1951, 1963-1966. Sangster was Jamaica’s delegate to the Commonwealth Parliament Conferences in New Zealand in 1950, Ceylon in 1952, and Malaysia in 1963, and he was Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in 1964 and Chairman at its Conference, which was held in Jamaica in that year. He had previously acted for a short while as Prime Minister in 1964.Ĭonsequent on the victory of the JLP in the General Elections on Febru, and the resignation of Sir Alexander Bustamante, he was appointed Prime Minister on Febru, retaining at the same time the posts of Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence. While acting Sir Donald retained the post of Minister of Finance. He was appointed to act as Prime Minister, Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Defence in January 1965 as a result of the illness of the Prime Minister, the Rt. In 1962 when the JLP was returned to office he was appointed Minister of Finance and subsequently Deputy Prime Minister. He was Minister of Social Welfare from 1950 to 1953 and Minister of Finance from 1953 until 1955 when his party lost the General Elections. At the time of his death he represented the constituency of North Central Clarendon in Parliament. In June 1966, Sir Donald relinquished this post. He was Leader of the House from 1953 to 1955, and was reappointed to this post in 1962.

Sir Donald became a member of the House of Representatives since 1949 and was First Deputy Leader of the JLP in 1950.

Later that year he however successfully contested a by-election for the North-East Clarendon constituency. His political career in national politics suffered a temporary set-back in February 1955, when his party lost the General Election and he himself lost his seat in South St.Elizabeth. He joined the Jamaica Labour Party and subsequently won his seat in the General Elections of 1949. In 1944 he made his first bid to enter national politics when as an Independent Candidate he contested the South St. He became Vice-Chairman of his Parochial Board in 1941, and Chairman in 1949. He began his political career at the age of twenty-one when he campaigned and won a seat in the St. Elizabeth Parish team in the Nethersole Cricket Cup Competition. This interest in sports continued after he left Munro College, and at one time he was captain of the St. He was educated at Munro College(1921-1929) and was admitted to practise as a solicitor in Jamaica in 1937.ĭonald Sangster was a versatile sportsman, participating actively in cricket, football, athletics and boxing while attending college. Sangster, Commissioned Land Surveyor of St. Industry: Politics Government Prime Minister