title: Godwin Friday
text: # Godwin Friday
  
  Godwin Elliot Loraine Friday (born 28 September 1959); is a Vincentian politician. Friday is the Leader of the Opposition of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Member of Parliament for the Northern Grenadines, and President of the New Democratic Party.
  
  In the 28 March 2001 general election, Friday was elected to the House of Assembly for the Northern Grenadines constituency. He retained his seat in the 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020 elections.
  
  ## Education
  
  Friday earned a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science from the University of Waterloo, and a Bachelor of Laws from Queen's University in Canada. He graduated with a Master's degree in history from Waterloo in 1985. In 1989, he graduated with a Doctorate in political studies from Queens.
  
  ## Career
  
  In 2016 Arnhim Eustace, the party leader and opposition leader of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, resigned, which left Friday with the position as party leader and opposition leader.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Islands in the Stream: The development of a machinery for the conduct of external affairs in the Bahamas and Bahamian foreign policy, 1973-1985 (MA Thesis, 1985)
  * The Caribbean Basin Initiative and industrial development in Trinidad and Tobago (1989)
  * A Political Economy of 'State Capitalism' in Trinidad and Tobago: social struggles and the development process (PhD Thesis, 1989)
  