O'Connor as the Secretary. Their success building up the FWTU was critical to the establishment of unionism in Trinidad and Tobago. In 1958, Gomes was elected to the House of Representatives of the short-lived West Indies Federation, representing the district of St. George East. After independence in 1962 Gomes was subject to heavy criticism by Eric Williams and the PNM. He left Trinidad and Tobago and settled in the United Kingdom. There he worked in local government until he retired in 1976. He died in England two years later, at the age of 66. His achievements are largely unrecognised and he has faded from the popular consciousness of Trinidad and Tobago. Publications 1973: "I Am an Immigrant", in Andrew Salkey (ed.), Caribbean Essays: An Anthology, London: Evans Brothers, pp. 53–59. 1974: Through a Maze of Colour (autobiography), Port of Spain: Key Caribbean Publications. 1978: All Papa's Children (novel), Surrey: Cairi Publishing House. 1978: "Back to 'Banana Bottom'" (from The Beacon, III, 3, October 1933), and "Black Man" (from The Beacon, I, 4, July 1931), in Reinhard W. Sander (ed.), From Trinidad: An Anthology of Early West Indian Writing, Hodder & Stoughton, 1978, pp. 33–35 and 223–26. References External links "Missing in Action", an essay by Jeremy Taylor in Caribbean Beat, Issue 68 (July/August 2004). 1911 births 1978 deaths Trinidad and Tobago non-fiction writers Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago Democratic Labour Party (Trinidad and Tobago) politicians Trinidad and Tobago people of Portuguese descent People of Madeiran descent 20th-century novelists Trinidad and Tobago male writers 20th-century male writers People from Port of Spain Members of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation 20th-century non-fiction writers Male non-fiction writers Trinidad and Tobago trade unionists