Career
Along with brother, Mitra, Sinanan helped draft portions of Trinidad’s constitution and later went on to serve as the country’s first High Commissioner to India. High office, however, ultimately eluded him: first, in his 1958 bid to become the first Prime Minister of the Federation of the West Indies, a contest that he narrowly lost by 2 seats to Barbados’ Sir Grantley Adams. And second, in 1974, when he resigned from his post as High Commissioner to India to found the West Indian National Party (WINP).
The WINP ultimately failed to break the 20-year rule of then Prime Minister, Doctor Eric Williams.
Notable career highlights:
Elected to Legislative Council, Victoria Constituency, (1950)
Acting Speaker of the House, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago (1955-1956)
Chairman, Constitution Reform Committee (1955)
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the Office of the United Nations and Specialized Agencies in Geneva (1973)
High Commissioner to India (1974)
Awards:
Chaconia Gold Medal awarded for Public Service (1990).
