Alfred Augustus Fleming

Alfred Augustus Fleming was a solicitor, from 1888, in Spanish Town. There were other Black solicitors, R H Walters and J H Johnson, at the same period, but Fleming was the one who went on to a political career. In 1908 he was made a Notary Public in St Catherine.

In 1911 he was elected to the Legislative Council for the parish of St Catherine, while another Black candidate, Fred R Evans was elected for Westmoreland. They were the fifth and sixth Black men elected to the Legislative Council, the others being Alexander Dixon in 1899 and 1901, Josiah Smicle in 1900, Robert Love in 1906 and W Buchanan in 1910.

After leaving the Legislative Council, Fleming continued to be a prominent figure in public life, especially in St Catherine; concerts, lectures and public functions almost always found him in the Chair or at least seated on the platform.