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Former Speaker Griffith dies at 72
Dr Rupert Griffith, a former MP who served under both PNM and UNC administrations, died tonight after a brief illness, a few weeks after his 72nd birthday on November 7.
Griffith's political career over two decades was marked by historic moments, chiefly his crossing the floor from the PNM to the UNC in 1997 to give the latter party control of the government after a 17-17-2 result.
Griffith also presided over the Parliament as Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
He was first elected as MP for Arima in 1991, on the platform of the PNM, in Patrick Manning's first term as prime minister after the party defeated the NAR in the aftermath of the 1990 attempted coup.
Griffith was Deputy Speaker and then Speaker between August and December 1995 following the ouster of Occah Seapaul.
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Still on the PNM ticket, Griffith was re-elected Arima MP in 1995, when Manning called an early poll.
The votes ended in a tie of 17-17 betwe