JLP mourns passing of former MP Hyacinth Knight

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September 9, 2026

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JLP mourns passing of former MP Hyacinth Knight

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is mourning the passing of former Member of Parliament for St Mary Western, Hyacinth Knight.

Knight died at the Andrews Memorial Hospital in St Andrew on Wednesday after battling an illness. She was 86 years old.

Jamaica Labour Party Chairman and Member of Parliament for St Mary Western, Robert Montague, is expressing the party’s deepest condolences to her family.

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