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Posted: Thursday 7 November, 2013 at 1:53 PM

Martin vs. Blanchette vs. Liburd

(l-r) Hon Asim Martin, Ian Liburd and Glenroy Blanchette

By: Loshaun Dixon, SKNVibes

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – IN continuation with its comparison of the candidates of each of the 11 Constituencies representing the political parties that will be contesting the upcoming General Elections, SKNVibes has decided to feature the contestants of Constituency Number One.

The ruling St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party’s (SKNLP) candidate for that Constituency is the Hon. Dr. Earl Asim Martin, while the People’s Action Movement (PAM) will be represented by Ian Liburd and the National Integrity Party (NIP) by former PAM’s candidate Glenroy Blanchette.

Listed below are the data of the three candidates, which will be updated on a regular basis as more information becomes available.

Which of the three candidates do you think will be victorious in the next General Elections?

Political Party	Labour	NIP	UNITY
Candidate Name	Earl Asim Martin	Glenroy Blanchette	Ian Liburd
Date of Birth	12-Apr-58	31-Mar-65	24-Jan-51
Age	55	48	62
Marital Status	Single	Married	Single
Children	2	2	6
Residence	Frigate Bay, Basseterre, St. Kitts	Ponds Extension, Basseterre, St. Kitts	Newtown, Basseterre, St. Kitts
Religion	Christian	Christian	Christian
High School	Basseterre High School	Basseterre Junior and Senior High Schools	Basseterre High School
College	1982 - University of Havana, Cuba - Medicine	St. Kitts Teachers’ Training College. BA in Geography from the UWI. Master's Degree in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management from the University of Leicester	University of Bradford, England
Profession	Medical Doctor	Teacher	Businessman
Last place of employment	Private practice	Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College	Government of St. Kitts and Nevis
Elections Contested	5	3	0
Community Activities	Served as President of the Zero Nites Youth Club from its inception in 1977 until 1982	Blanchette is a former Treasurer of the Manchester Fun Club and former Vice President of the Newtown Football/Sports Club. He also had a long and established tenure as Manager and Coach of the highly successful Ghetto Roots Basketball Club.	Current President of the Newtown Football Club
Plans for Constituency	Dr. Martin continues to give substantial support to sporting organisations and his alma mater, the Tucker-Clarke Primary School. He also delivers motivational speeches to the Newtown Football Club in preparation for play-offs. As the Labour Party’s representative for East Basseterre, he was first elected to Parliament in 1993.	Throughout his life, Blanchette has made invaluable contributions to his community in the spheres of education, culture and sports. His commitment to leadership and his involvement in elective politics flow from a genuine desire to make a meaningful contribution to the improvement of the quality of life for all the people of St. Kitts and Nevis.	Ian ‘Patches’ Liburd has pledged that should he be victorious in the upcoming General Elections he would donate half of his salary to assist underprivileged students of the schools in his constituency.