July 27, 2023
Following his Progressive Liberal Party’s historic victory in the January 10, 1967 general election, which established Majority Rule in The Bahamas for the first time, Premier Lynden Oscar Pindling is pictured in the foreground with British Governor Sir Ralph Gray and members of his first cabinet in the background. From left are: Cecil Wallace Whitfield, Milo Butler, Arthur Hanna, Clarence A. Bain, Jeffrey M. Thompson, Carlton Francis, Randol Fawkes, Warren Levarity, Dr. Curtis McMillan and Clement Maynard.
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