# Ronald Armour > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ronald_Armour > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ronald_Armour.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Armour > Source revision: 1353372310 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Dominican politician (1940–2017)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ronald O. P. Armour | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | office = [Deputy Premier of Dominica](/source/Deputy_Premier_of_Dominica) | premier = [Edward Oliver LeBlanc](/source/Edward_Oliver_LeBlanc) | term_start = 1970 | term_end = July 1973 | preceded = [Nicholson Ducreay](/source/Nicholson_Ducreay) | succeeded = [Patrick John](/source/Patrick_John) | birth_date = 17 June 1940 | birth_place = | death_date = August 2017 | education = | party = [Dominica Labour Party](/source/Dominica_Labour_Party) | birth_name = Ronald Oliver Paul Armour | nickname = R. O. P. Armour | relations = [Jenner Armour](/source/Jenner_Armour) (brother) }} '''Ronald Oliver Paul Armour''' {{Cite web |last=Admin |date=2017-08-20 |title=Legal fraternity pays tribute to the late R.O.P. Armour |url=https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/legal-fraternity-pays-tribute-to-the-late-r-o-p-armour/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Dominica News Online |language=en-US}}(17 June 1940 – August 2017) was a [Dominica](/source/Dominica)n politician and cabinet minister from [Dominica Labour Party](/source/Dominica_Labour_Party). == Biography == === Early life and education === Armour was born on 17 June 1940. He was [Jenner Armour](/source/Jenner_Armour)'s brother.{{cite web |title=Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 05 JUL 2006 |url=https://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=207941&dt=2476&dl=1345 |publisher=US Department of State}} He graduated with a law degree from [University of London](/source/University_of_London) in 1961 and with a diploma from [London School of Economics](/source/London_School_of_Economics) in 1963, and then returned to Dominica and joined [Dominica Labour Party](/source/Dominica_Labour_Party). === Career === In the 1966 elections Armour won the [House of Assembly](/source/House_of_Assembly_of_Dominica) seat for Roseau South. In March 1967 he was appointed minister of communications and works in the cabinet of [Edward Oliver LeBlanc](/source/Edward_Oliver_LeBlanc).{{cite web |date=18 August 2017 |title=Official Funeral For Ronald O. P. Armour, Former Parliamentarian - GIS Dominica |url=https://www.news.gov.dm/news/4496-official-funeral-for-ronald-o-p-armour-former-parliamentarian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424075936/https://www.news.gov.dm/news/4496-official-funeral-for-ronald-o-p-armour-former-parliamentarian |archive-date=2019-04-24 |website=www.news.gov.dm}} In the 1970 elections Armour won the seat for South Roseau.{{cite web |title=1970 General Election Results - Electoral Office |url=https://electoraloffice.gov.dm/past-general-elections/69-1970-general-election-results |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=electoraloffice.gov.dm}} He was then appointed [Deputy Premier](/source/Deputy_Premier_of_Dominica) by [Edward Oliver LeBlanc](/source/Edward_Oliver_LeBlanc){{cite web |title=New Premier Is Sworn In On Dominica in West Indies; ROSEAU, Dominica, July 28 (AP)—Deputy Premier Patrick Roland John has been sworn in as Premier of Dominica after yesterday's resignation of the Caribbean island's first Premier, Edward O. LeBlanc. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/29/archives/new-premier-is-sworn-in-on-dominica-in-westindies.html |website=The New York Times |date=29 July 1974}} from 1970 to July 1973. He was also [Minister of Finance](/source/Minister_of_Finance_(Dominica)) from 1970 to 13 July 1973, when he resigned from the cabinet under pressure from [Patrick John](/source/Patrick_John). In July 1974 Armour ran to succeed [Edward Oliver LeBlanc](/source/Edward_Oliver_LeBlanc) as the leader of [Dominica Labour Party](/source/Dominica_Labour_Party), but lost to [Patrick John](/source/Patrick_John). Armour lost his seat in the [House of Assembly](/source/House_of_Assembly_of_Dominica) in [the 1975 elections](/source/1975_Dominican_general_election){{cite web |title=Bulletin of Eastern Caribbean Affairs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LlNLAAAAYAAJ |publisher=University of West Indies |language=en |date=1975}} when he ran under the banner of [Progressive Labour Party](/source/Progressive_Labour_Party_(Dominica)) against DLP's [Eustace Hazelwood Francis](/source/Eustace_Hazelwood_Francis), who was a [Patrick John](/source/Patrick_John)'s ally. That election ended his political career. He then practiced law in [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth%2C_Dominica).{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} === Death === He died on 6 August 2017 or 7 August 2017.{{cite web |date=2017-08-08 |title=Ronald Armour, former DLP government minister and attorney at law, died on Sunday 6th August 2017 |url=http://www.q95da.com/news/ronald-armour-former-dlp-government-minister-and-attorney-at-law-died-on-sunday-6th-august-2017 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Q95FM |language=en}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Armour, Ronald}} Category:1940 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Dominica Labour Party politicians Category:Deputy prime ministers of Dominica Category:Ministers of finance of Dominica Category:Communication ministers of Dominica Category:Government ministers of Dominica Category:Members of the House of Assembly of Dominica Category:Dominica lawyers Category:Alumni of the University of London Category:Dominica people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Category:20th-century Dominica politicians --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ronald Armour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Armour) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Armour?action=history)). 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