Donald Sangster

For the Canadian economic geologist, see Donald F. Sangster.

The Most Honourable Sir Donald Sangster ON GCVO
File:Donald Burns Sangster.jpg Former Prime Minister Donald Sangster
2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica
In office 23 February 1967 – 11 April 1967
Preceded by	Alexander Bustamante
Succeeded by	Hugh Shearer
Constituency	North Central Clarendon
Personal details
Born	26 October 1911 Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
Died	Montreal, Canada
Nationality	Jamaica
Political party	Jamaica Labour Party
Spouse(s)	Never married
Children	Bindley A. Sangster

Sir Donald Burns Sangster (26 October 1911 – 11 April 1967) was a Jamaican solicitor and an old boy of the prestigious Munro College in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. , politician and the second Prime Minister of Jamaica.

Biography

He entered politics in 1933 at the age of 21 with his election to the council of the Parish of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. In 1944 he was elected to the House of Representatives of Jamaica as a member of the Jamaica Labour Party, becoming Minister of Social Welfare and Labour and, later, Minister of Finance. He became Acting Prime Minister in February 1964 when Prime Minister Sir Alexander Bustamante became ill. He succeeded Bustamante as Prime Minister on 23 February 1967 only to die in office on 11 April, after suffering a subarachnoid haemorrhage.

His face appears on the Jamaican one hundred dollar banknote. He also has an airport in Jamaica named after him (Sangster International Airport (MKJS)).

Sources

• Donald Sangster - The Jamaica Gleaner 3 September 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007.

Political offices
Preceded by Sir Alexander Bustamante	Prime Minister of Jamaica 1967	Succeeded by Hugh Shearer