{{Short description|Dominican politician (1910–1998)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Henckell Lochinvar Christian | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | office1 = Deputy Prime Minister of Dominica | prime_minister1 = Patrick John | term_start1 = November 1978 | term_end1 = 16 June 1979 | preceded1 = | succeeded1 = Michael Douglas | office2 = Deputy Premier of Dominica | premier2 = Patrick John | term_start2 = 31 March 1975 | term_end2 = November 1978 | preceded2 = Thomas Etienne | birth_date = 1910 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death year and age|1998|1910}} | education = | party = Dominica Labour Party | children = Pearle Christian | relatives = Lemuel McPherson Christian (brother) }} '''Henckell Lochinvar Christian''' MBE<ref name="brother" /> (1910 – 1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/272645659/henckell-l.-christian|title=Henckell L. Christian|website=Find a Grave|access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> was a Dominican politician from the Dominica Labour Party.
== Biography == Christian studied sociology at London University. He worked as a teacher and later as a social worker.<ref name="oocities" />
Christian was elected to the House of Assembly of Dominica in 1970<ref>{{cite web |title=1970 General Election Results - Electoral Office |url=https://www.electoraloffice.gov.dm/past-general-elections/69-1970-general-election-results |website=www.electoraloffice.gov.dm}}</ref> and 1975.<ref>{{cite web |title=1975 General Election Results - Electoral Office |url=https://www.electoraloffice.gov.dm/past-general-elections/68-1975-general-election-results |website=www.electoraloffice.gov.dm}}</ref> He was minister of education and health in 1970s<ref name="brother">{{cite web |title=FROM THE ARCHIVES: An old soldier, World War II veteran, Wendell Christian remembers the Hurricane of 1930 |url=https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/from-the-archives-an-old-soldier-world-war-ii-veteran-wendell-christian-remembers-the-hurricane-of-1930/ |website=dominicanewsonline.com|date=2 August 2020}}</ref> in the cabinet of Edward Oliver LeBlanc.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caribbean yearbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=21JBAQAAIAAJ |language=en |date=1971}}</ref> Patrick John appointed him as the Deputy Premier<ref>{{cite web |title=West Indies Year Book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oTgYAAAAYAAJ |publisher=Caribook Limited |language=en |date=1977}}</ref> in 1975, and Christian continued as the Deputy Prime Minister since independence in November 1978. He resigned alongside acting president Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue on 16 June 1979.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caribbean News |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EylqAAAAMAAJ |language=en |date=1978}}</ref>
Christian published his memoirs (1920–1992) ''Gatecrashing into the Unknown'' in 1992.<ref name="oocities">{{cite web |title=Our Dominican Writers- Home Page |url=https://www.oocities.org/raglanr/bkstore.html |website=www.oocities.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ISBD view › Dominica Library and Information Service - DLIS catalog |url=http://www.library.dlis.gov.dm/cgi-bin/koha/opac-ISBDdetail.pl?biblionumber=500 |website=www.library.dlis.gov.dm}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Gatecrashing_Into_the_Unknown.html?id=Gv4pAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y ''Gatecrashing Into the Unknown: A Dominica Journal''], Act Press, 1992. at Google Books.</ref>
Married to Muriel, nee Mathew, Henckell Christian was the father of Pearle Christian (third of the couple's four daughters), and the brother of Lemuel McPherson Christian, the composer of Dominica's national anthem "Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour".<ref>Gabriel Christian, [http://www.da-academy.org/uploads/9/2/0/3/92034718/thecaribbeansoldierinsocialtransformation.pdf "The Interwar Years & the Caribbean Soldier in Social Transformation: A DOMINICAN PERSPECTIVE"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721165438/http://www.da-academy.org/uploads/9/2/0/3/92034718/thecaribbeansoldierinsocialtransformation.pdf |date=2019-07-21 }}, p. 6, note 9.</ref><ref>[https://africalivehd.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/pearle-christian-bio-long-form.pdf "Pearle Christian: A Life of Musical Inspiration"], June 2012.</ref>
== References == {{Reflist|30em}}
== Further reading== * Gabriel J. Christian, [https://www.everand.com/book/315571063/Aboard-the-Commandante-Pineres-Dominica-The-11th-World-Festival-of-Youth-Students-Cuba-July-1978-the-Caribbean-Struggle-for-National-Liberatio ''Aboard the Commandante Pineres''], 2016. {{ISBN|9781495171703}}.
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