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Chrysler Thomas

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Chrysler Thomas (September 12, 1934 – February 11, 2013) was a Grenadian politician. Thomas served as a member of the Parliament of Grenada representing the Saint Patrick East constituency from December 1976 until the overthrow of the government by the New Jewel Movement on March 13, 1979.^[1] He also served as the Ministry of Agriculture while a member of the House of Representatives of Grenada.^[2]

Thomas was born as the oldest of three children on September 12, 1934, in Mt. Rose, Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada.^[2] He married his wife, Agatha Wells, on Trinidad against the will of his parents the marriage produced had four children.^[2] His wife, Agatha, died in 1973 and he married his second wife, Lydia Jack, with whom he had two children.^[2]

Thomas was arrested and imprisoned by the People's Revolutionary Government (PRC), led by Maurice Bishop, on March 15, 1979, two days after the revolution.^[1] He was held as a political prisoner by the PRC for nearly two years.^[1] He fled to the United States following his release from prison.^[1] He joined his wife, Lydia, in New York City's borough of Brooklyn, where she had moved after his arrest.^[2] Thomas found employment as a security officer at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York.^[2]

Thomas died in New York City on February 11, 2013, at the age of 78.^[2]

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1. ^¹²³{{cite news |first=|last=|title=Chrysler Thomas former Parliamentary Rep. for St. Patrick’s East 1976-1979 dies. |url=http://spiceislander.com/?p=8413 |work= Spiceislander.com |publisher= |date=2013-02-16 |accessdate=2013-03-02}}
2. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶{{cite news |first=|last=|title=Former Member of Parliament laid to rest in New York |url=http://spiceislander.com/?p=8413 |work= Spiceislander.com |publisher= |date=2013-02-19 |accessdate=2013-03-02}}

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