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| Uriah McPhee was born in Exuma in 1926. He was a merchant and the proprietor of McPhee's Food Fair on Strachan's Alley off Kemp Road. He was a deacon and Sunday School Superintendent at St. James Baptist Church. He was also a high-ranking member of the Masonic Lodge. Mr. McPhee ran as P.L.P. candidate in the General Election of January 10, 1967 and won over Mr. John Morley the United Bahamian Party candidate for the Shirlea Constituency. He died on February 20, 1968 after a short illness in a Boston Hospital. He was 42 years old. His death precipitated the calling of the General Elections of April 1968 when the Progressive Liberal Party was swept back into power. The Uriah McPhee Primary School on Kemp Road is named in his honour. |