| 词条 | Ralph T. O'Neal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable |name = Ralph O'Neal |honorific-suffix = OBE |image = Ralph T. O'Neal (cropped).jpg |caption = O'Neal (right) being appointed as Premier by Governor David Pearey. |office = Premier of the British Virgin Islands |monarch = Elizabeth II |governor = David Pearey Inez Archibald (Acting) William Boyd McCleary |term_start = 23 August 2007 |term_end = 9 November 2011 |predecessor = Orlando Smith (Chief Minister) |successor = Orlando Smith |monarch2 = Elizabeth II |governor2 = Peter Alfred Penfold David Mackilligin Frank Savage Elton Georges (Acting) Tom Macan |term_start2 = 15 May 1995 |term_end2 = 17 June 2003 |predecessor2 = Hamilton Lavity Stoutt |successor2 = Orlando Smith |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|12|15|df=y}} |birth_place = Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands |death_date = |death_place = |party = Virgin Islands Party |alma_mater = University of Oxford }} Ralph Telford O'Neal, OBE (born 15 December 1933)[1] is a former politician in the British Virgin Islands. He is the longest ever serving elected representative in the British Virgin Islands, and has served as Chief Minister (when the office was so titled) or Premier of the British Virgin Islands for three terms. PoliticsRalph O'Neal was first elected to represent the district for Virgin Gorda and Anegada[2] on 1 September 1975, and he held that seat continuously until the 2015 general election. He is the longest serving elected politician in British Virgin Islands history having served in the House of Assembly and Legislative Council for {{Age in years and days|1975|09|01|2015|06|08}}, and his 10 election victories (including one uncontested) are second only to Lavity Stoutt in the Territory's political history.[3] Ralph O'Neal indicated in 2014 that he would stand down at the 2015 general election.[4] Ralph O'Neal was first appointed as Chief Minister when Lavity Stoutt died in office on 14 May 1995. He then served as Chief Minister until the 1999 general election, which he won. His party would later lose the 2003 general election, but he would return to power as Premier (as the office was renamed) for the third and final time following a landslide victory in the 2007 general election. He remained in office until 7 November 2011, after the Virgin Islands Party lost its majority following the 2011 general election. His combined 12 years as head of the elected Government is the second longest in the British Virgin Islands, behind only Lavity Stoutt. Ralph O'Neal has also served as Leader of the Opposition in the British Virgin Islands on three occasions - more than any other politician. He first served as opposition leader for the United Party from 1986 to 1988. He then served in the role for the Virgin Islands party from 2003 to 2007, and then finally from 2011 to 2015. For most of his political career Ralph O'Neal was a member of the Virgin Islands Party, and he led the party from the time of Lavity Stoutt's death, until he stepped down as party leader and was replaced by Julian Fraser. However, like most BVI politicians, Ralph O'Neal has "crossed the floor". He contested his first election, the 1971 general election, unsuccessfully on behalf of the VI Democratic Party. He then ran for office twice as an independent candidate before joining the Virgin Islands Party. Then, in 1983, he left to join the ruling United Party, and contested the 1986 general election on behalf of the United Party. He later rejoined the Virgin Islands Party in 1988 to take up a Ministerial position in Lavity Stoutt's government and has been a member of the Virgin Islands party ever since. PersonalRalph O'Neal was educated at University of Oxford where he studied Economics. He is also property owner and developer in the British Virgin Islands. Apart from his property investments, O'Neal has had a number of other commercial interests during his life before serving in the House of Assembly under the Ralph O'Neal Group of Companies. In October 2016 O'Neal was flown overseas for emergency medical treatment after reportedly suffering a stroke.[5] Electoral history
|-{{s-bef|before=Orlando Smith|as=Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands}}{{s-ttl|title=Premier of the British Virgin Islands|years=2007–2011}}{{Succession box|title=Leader of the Opposition|before=H. Lavity Stoutt|after=Conrad Maduro|years=1986-1988}}{{s-bef|rows=2|before=Orlando Smith}}{{s-ttl|title=Leader of the Opposition|years=2003-2007}}{{s-aft|after=Orlando Smith}}{{s-ttl|title=Leader of the Opposition|years=2011-2015}}{{s-aft|after=Julian Fraser}}{{succession box|title=House of Assembly Member, Anegada and Virgin Gorda|before=Reeial George |after=Hubert O'Neal|years=1975 - 2015}}{{s-end}} References1. ^{{citeweb|url=http://www.onepaper.com/bvireview/?v=d&i=&s=Welcome+to+the+BVI:Local+Govt.&p=38653&f=p|title=Ralph T. O'Neal, 9th District Representative|publisher=The BVI Review}} 2. ^Then known as the Seventh District; now known as the Ninth District. 3. ^Although Stoutt has won more election victories than O'Neal, he served a shorter period in the Legislature because (a) he only served a small part of his 11th and final term prior to his death, and (b) during the early part of Stoutt's career, political terms were only 3 years and not 4. 4. ^{{citeweb|url=http://www.bvibeacon.com/1/index.php/local/5071-opposition-leader-to-retire|title=Opposition leader to retire|publisher=BVI Beacon|date=28 May 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bviplatinum.com/news.php?articleId=25637|title=O’Neal To Be Flown Overseas For Treatment|publisher=Platinum News|date=2 October 2016}} http://www.bviplatinum.com/news.php?page=Article&articleID=1320879676 http://www.bviplatinum.com/news.php?page=Article&articleID=1320925997 {{BVIPMs}}{{BVILOTOs}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Oneal, Ralph T.}} 11 : 1933 births|Premiers of the British Virgin Islands|Members of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands|Living people|Virgin Islands Party politicians|United Party (British Virgin Islands) politicians|VI Democratic Party politicians|British Virgin Islands politicians|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Leaders of the Opposition (British Virgin Islands)|People from Virgin Gorda |
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