THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA LABOUR PARTY MEDIA STATEMENT
23 August 2025
We mourn the loss of our Comrade extraordinaire and elder, Ms. Ethlyn Winter, of Cassada Gardens. The good comrade transitioned earlier this morning, Saturday, 23 August 2025, at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Center, following a brief illness.
For seven decades, Comrade Winter demonstrated her undiminished love and fealty for the ABLP and the AT&LU by her membership, first as a Juvenile Supporter and, following adulthood, as a member of the Women’s Action Group. The political defeat of the ABLP—especially following the 1968 debacle that led to the splitting of the institution of Labour and the 1971 electoral loss of the ABLP—cemented Comrade Ethlyn Winter’s place as a stalwart of this great institution. She worked tirelessly for the victory of the party.
Comrade Winter’s unstinting support for the Honourable Lester Bird, in the Rural East constituency, marked her as special among the ABLP Women’s Action Group that assured him of victory, in 1976 and again following the 2004 defeat of “the comeback kid.” She never relented in her support for the ABLP and the AT&LU.
At one of the ABLP Friday night forums, a young comrade began to hiss when Comrade Ethlyn Winter began to speak about the past. The General Secretary immediately intervened to teach the youth present about the high regard which the party holds for its elders. Comrade Winter completed her discourse with loud applause following. She spoke softly but with tremendous force.
The ABLP political leader, Honourable Gaston Browne, has already indicated that a special honour, in keeping with the Revised Constitution of the ABLP, will be conferred on this outstanding comrade by the body of the ABLP.
