Horace R. Monday, Sr.

Horace Reginald Monday, Sr. CBE (born November 26, 1907 , † September 5, 1996 ) is a Gambian politician.

Life

Horace R. Monday was around 1958 accountant and around 1967 chairman of the Commission for the Public Service ( English Chairman, Public Service Commission ). For the parliamentary elections in Gambia in 1972 , Monday stood as a candidate for the People's Progressive Party (PPP) in the constituency of Bathurst Central . With 46.23% of the vote, he could not win the constituency, he was defeated by the United Party (UP) candidate John R. Forster .

Around 1976/1977 Monday was chairman of the committee of the Banjul City Council , the city council of Banjul .

In 1977 he was a founding member of the World Council of Mayors , an organization created on the initiative of Johnny Ford , Mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama .

For the parliamentary elections in Gambia in 1977 he ran again in the constituency of Banjul Central . He reached 45.33% of the vote and could not win the constituency again against Forster. John R. Forster died shortly after the election, so by-elections were scheduled in the constituency in May 1977 . Horace R. Monday won the constituency this time with 49.11% of the vote, ahead of Kebba W. Foon (UP), Pap Cheyassin Secka (NLP) and Lilian Johnson (non-party).

family

Horace R. Monday was the son of Gambian officials James Thomas Monday and Rachel Ruth Davis. He married Wilhelmina Roberta Juanita in 1932, daughter of William Robertson Job Roberts.

Awards and honors

1958 - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1967 - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Monday, Horace Reginald, (Nov. 26, 1907– Sep. 5, 1996), JP | WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. In: ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b 1958 Birthday Honors - Wikipediam.org. In: wikipediam.org. en.wikipediam.org, accessed February 4, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c PDF
↑ Monday's letter. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
↑ Hassoum Ceesay : Gambian women: an introductory history . 1st edition. Fulladu Publishers, Gambia 2007, p. 79 .
^ Africa: President's Opening Speech At World Conference of Mayors Meeting. In: Gambia Radio & TV News. Archived from the original on August 26, 2001 ; accessed on February 4, 2019 .
^ Arnold Hughes, David Perfect, 1960- Perfect, David: A political history of The Gambia, 1816-1994 . University of Rochester Press, Rochester, NY 2006, ISBN 978-1-58046-682-0 .

personal data
SURNAME	Monday, Horace R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Monday, Horace Reginald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 26, 1907
DATE OF DEATH	5th September 1996

[ukwhoswho-1] A ^b ^c Monday, Horace Reginald, (Nov. 26, 1907– Sep. 5, 1996), JP | WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. In: ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .

[wikipediam-2] 1958 Birthday Honors - Wikipediam.org. In: wikipediam.org. en.wikipediam.org, accessed February 4, 2019 .

[thegazette-3] PDF

[4] Monday's letter. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .

[:02-5] Hassoum Ceesay : Gambian women: an introductory history . 1st edition. Fulladu Publishers, Gambia 2007, p. 79 .

[GRTS20010826-6] Africa: President's Opening Speech At World Conference of Mayors Meeting. In: Gambia Radio & TV News. Archived from the original on August 26, 2001 ; accessed on February 4, 2019 .

[A_political_history_of_The_Gambia-7] Arnold Hughes, David Perfect, 1960- Perfect, David: A political history of The Gambia, 1816-1994 . University of Rochester Press, Rochester, NY 2006, ISBN 978-1-58046-682-0 .