title: Governor-General of the West Indies Federation
text: The governor-general of the West Indies Federation was a post in the government of the West Indies. The federation, also known as the British Caribbean Federation, consisted of Antigua (with Barbuda), Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks & Caicos Islands. The federation was formed on 3 January 1958, and was formally dissolved on 31 May 1962.
  
  The governor-general was constitutionally required to take advice from the prime minister of the West Indies Federation, but was by far the more powerful and prestigious of the two positions, containing almost all executive authority within the government and containing powers far beyond that of governors-general in the Dominions.
  
  Governor-general of the West Indies Federation (1958–1962)
  
  References
  
  External links
  World Statesmen – West Indies Federation
  
  West Indies Federation
  West Indies Federation
  West Indies Federation, Governor-General
  Westminster system
  West Indies Federation
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