Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford (born March 24, 1937) is a Barbadian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Barbados from 1987 to 1994.
Sandiford was born in Barbados and studied at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in English. He then studied at Britain's University of Manchester, receiving his Master's degree in economics and social studies. Sandiford returned to Barbados, where he joined the Democratic Labour Party (DLP). In 1967, one year after independence, he was appointed to the Senate. Sandiford left the Senate to run in the 1971 election, in which he won a seat in the House of Assembly. The DLP, under Errol Barrow, formed the government; Sandiford served in many cabinet positions including as minister of education. In 1976, the DLP lost the election to the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) and formed the opposition.
In 1986, the DLP was again voted into power. Sandiford was made deputy prime minister to Barrow. In 1987, Barrow died prematurely and Sandiford was appointed prime minister. He led the DLP to victory in the 1991 elections. In 1994 Sandiford narrowly won a no confidence motion brought against him by the opposition when a number of members of his own party broke ranks and voted in support of the motion. Sandiford then called elections two years before they were constitutionally due, but lost to the BLP led by Owen Arthur. He remained in parliament until 1999 and is currently a tutor at the Barbados Community College, where he teaches economics.
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