# Carson Charles

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For similarly named individuals, see [Charles Carson (disambiguation)](/source/Charles_Carson_(disambiguation)).

**Carson Charles** is a [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago) [politician](/source/Politician) and former Minister of Works and Transportation.[1] He is currently the political leader of the [National Alliance for Reconstruction](/source/National_Alliance_for_Reconstruction) (NAR).

In the [1986 Trinidad and Tobago general election](/source/1986_Trinidad_and_Tobago_general_election), Charles was elected in the [St. Joseph constituency](/source/St._Joseph_(parliamentary_constituency)).[2] After the resignation of [A.N.R. Robinson](/source/A._N._R._Robinson) as NAR leader in 1991 following defeat in the [1991 General Elections](/source/Elections_in_Trinidad_and_Tobago#1991_General_Elections), Charles stepped in as party leader in 1992, but was replaced by [Selby Wilson](/source/Selby_Wilson) in 1993. He then went on to form the short-lived [National Development Party](/source/National_Development_Party_(Trinidad_and_Tobago)), before contesting the [St. Ann's East constituency](/source/Saint_Ann's_East_(parliamentary_constituency)) on a [United National Congress](/source/United_National_Congress) ticket in 2002. He then returned to the NAR, where in the capacity of deputy political leader he tried unsuccessfully to negotiate an agreement in the [Democratic Action Congress](/source/Democratic_Action_Congress) before the 2005 [Tobago House of Assembly](/source/Tobago_House_of_Assembly) elections.

On October 23, 2005 Charles was elected political leader of the NAR, replacing outgoing leader [Lennox Sankersingh](/source/Lennox_Sankersingh).

In December 2007, he was made a senator the Leader of the Opposition.

In July 2010, he was named as the President of National Infrastructure Development Company Limited (NIDCO).[3]

## References

1. ["Trinadad Rebels Claim Prime Minister Agrees to Relinquish Power"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iXchAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cIkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1586,6510769&dq=carson-charles+trinidad&hl=en). *[Daily Gazette](/source/Daily_Gazette)*. [UPI](/source/United_Press_International). 30 July 1990. Retrieved 17 January 2011.

1. ["Dr. Carson Charles – Parliament"](https://www.ttparliament.org/members/member/dr-carson-charles/). *www.ttparliament.org*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250211222327/https://www.ttparliament.org/members/member/dr-carson-charles/) 2025-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-04-15.

1. Karl E. Cupid (22 December 2010). ["Water taxi to sail to Tobago He also"](http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,132891.html). *[Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday](/source/Trinidad_%26_Tobago's_Newsday)*. Retrieved 17 January 2011.

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