Edwin George Hutson
comes from a family of business entrepreneurs who have lived
in and around the Holetown area for decades. In his
lifetime he has seen the Parish of St. James grow into a major
centre of tourism and a highly desirable residential
area. However, this form of development has exerted
considerable pressure on the cost of living, the price of land
and the natural environment. He is particularly
concerned about the escalating cost of land and the knock-on
effect it is having on housing. He fears that in another
decade, if things are left to chance, Barbadians will not be
able to afford the land on which to build a basic housing
unit.
As a man of the people, he has for many years
listened to the woes of the disadvantaged members of
communities throughout St. James and now believes that it is
time for something to be done about them. It is for this
reason that he is standing as the Parliamentary Representative
for St. James Central.
George Hutson is a product of Good Shepherd
Primary School, Combermere and the Barbados Community
College. He is also a Fellow of the Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants and a practising Chartered
Accountant.
George has always found time to get involved
in community development projects. He has served as a
member and past President of the Rotary Club of Barbados
West. He is also a member of the West Side Toastmasters
Club. He is an active member of his church.
George Hutson shares a vision of Barbados in
which citizens and residents are more enterprising and
productive, where economic development is sustainable and
where resources are more equitably distributed. He
believes that the revolution in education still needs to be
completed and translated into the transformation of the social
landscape of Barbados.
George and his wife Isabelle and their three
sons live in St. James. |
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