Edison James

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Edison Chenfil James
James in 1998
3rd Prime Minister of Dominica
In office June 14, 1995 – February 3, 2000
President	Crispin Sorhaindo Vernon Shaw
Deputy	Julius Timothy
Preceded by	Eugenia Charles
Succeeded by	Roosevelt Douglas
Member of Parliament for Marigot
In office 28 May 1990 – 8 December 2014
Preceded by	Pattison A.S. Stevens
Succeeded by	Lennox Linton
Majority	825 (65.6%)
Personal details
Born	(1943-10-18) October 18, 1943 (age 80) Marigot, Dominica
Political party	United Workers' Party
Alma mater	University of East London University of Reading

Edison Chenfil James (born October 18, 1943, in Marigot) is a Dominican politician who was the prime minister of Dominica from June 14, 1995, to February 3, 2000, as well as the member of parliament for the Marigot constituency from 1990. He graduated from the Dominica Grammar School. He has a BSc degree in botany from the University of East London, a MSc degree in biochemistry from the University of Reading and a post graduate diploma in crop protection technology from Imperial College. He worked in a number of local and regional institutions including the Caribbean Development Bank, but it was as manager of the Dominica Banana Marketing Company that he rose to prominence on the island.^[1] He was instrumental in resuscitating the island's critical banana industry which had been decimated by Hurricane David. James has been active in regional cricket as an administrator and was the manager of the Windward Islands cricket team and the Combined Islands cricket team. He is a member of the Rotary Club.