Parnel ‘PR’ Campbell A Tribute from the New Democratic Party
Acting Prime Minister Parnel Campbell (right) at the Independence Parade in 1994. From left are: The Governor General’s ADC Bernard Marksman (PR’s brother), Governor General Sir David Jack and Deputy Commissioner of police Leopold Stoddard. Social Share
Mr Parnel Campbell, QC affectionately called ‘PR’ was a long-standing senior member of the legal profession in St Vincent and the Grenadines and the OECS. He was well-known as a lawyer and politician throughout the Caribbean.
PR Campbell was a true nation builder. He contributed to national development in many ways and will be remembered as a man whose life exemplified a commitment to public service. He did so as a politician, as a political commentator and as a vocal champion of the rule law and of public order.
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By Sir James Mitchell
It is with a deep sense of loss that I speak of the death of the honorable Parnel Campbell QC VC. St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has lost one of our most capable sons and a brilliant Minister. He was the longest serving elected Attorney General and only holder in SVG of the rank of Commander of Victorian Order, personally presented by Her Majesty the Queen. He was the Chairman of our New Democratic Party and the first representative of the new constituency of Central Kingstown. He was dependable.
PR was a good strategist and always meticulous in the execution of his duties and could be relied on to put in the hours to ensure the job was done on time and to perfection. He was prepared to work all night to do so. With engineer Rudy Matthews and Commissioner Toussaint he ensured that the royal visit on HMY Brittania was an outstanding success.
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Parnel was my close friend, perhaps my best friend at primary school in Barrouallie. He was then known as ‘PC’- Pernel Campbell. (I suspect that while preparing to take his entrance examination he realised that he was registered as Parnel, not Pernel). Parnel was very good with his hands as we would say. He made sling shots, tops and traps to catch ‘ground doves’. We went looking for tamarinds, rode scooters, played marbles and cricket on the beach. In fact, it is on one of those occasions I realised I could swim since he pushed me off the wharf and smiled as I swam shore. He was very adventurous and had an appealing sense of humour. We passed the School Leaving Certificate and the entrance examination to the Grammar School. Following an appeal by my teacher Olson Peters/ ‘Caribbean Pete’ I was kept back to do the scholarship examination. PR then went on to the Grammar School and lived with his mother and the rest of his family at Frenches. Bein
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