Vernon Arnett

Vernon Arnett was a businessman and politician from Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Representatives of Jamaica as a member of the People's National Party. He served as Minister of Finance and the Public Service from May 1959 to April 1962.^[1][2]

Vernon Arnett
Minister of Finance and the Public Service
In office May 1959 – April 1962
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor‑General	Sir Kenneth Blackburne
Preceded by	Noel Newton Nethersole
Succeeded by	Donald Sangster
Personal details
Born	1905
Died	1981
Political party	People's National Party

As he was a member of the People's National Party, and at a conference in 1964, Vivian Blake clashed with Vernon Arnett over proposals for land reform and the party's support for democratic socialism; Arnett's supporters blasted Blake as a "capitalist", "land baron", and "race-horse owner", while one of Blake's supporters drew a pistol. The conference quickly dispersed thereafter.^[3] Vivian Blake said to represent the party's "Glasspole tendencies", that is to say, its right wing.^[4]