St. Lucia13 Dec 1502 Claimed for Spain1643 French colony (Sainte Lucie)25 Feb 1762 - 27 Mar 1802 Four British occupations21 Jun 1803 British colony30 May 1814 British possession confirmed1838 British crown colony1838 - 31 Dec 1959 Part of the Windward Islands colony03 Sep 1958 - 31 May 1962 Part of the Federation of the West Indies01 Mar 1967 Associated State22 Feb 1979 - Independence (St. Lucia)Governors-General22 Feb 1979 - 19 Jun 1980 Sir Allen Montgomery Lewis ................. 1909-1993(1st Time)19 Jun 1980 - 13 Dec 1982 Boswell Williams ........................... 1926-201413 Dec 1982 - 30 Apr 1987 Sir Allen Montgomery Lewis (2nd Time)30 Apr 1987 - 10 Oct 1988 Sir Vincent Frederick Floissac ............. 1928-201010 Oct 1988 - 31 May 1996 Stanislaus Anthony James ................... 1919-201101 Jun 1996 - 31 Aug 1997 William George Mallet ...................... 1923-201017 Sep 1997 - Dame Calliopa Pearlette Louisy ............. 1946-Prime Ministers01 Jan 1960 - 05 Apr 1964 George Frederick Lawrence Charles .......... 1916-200405 Apr 1964 - 02 Jul 1979 Sir John George Melvin Compton ............. 1926-2007(1st Time)02 Jul 1979 - 04 May 1981 Allen Fitzgerald Laurent Louisy ............ 1916-201104 May 1981 - 17 Jan 1982 Winston Francis Cenac ...................... 1925-200417 Jan - 03 May 1982 Michael Pilgrim ............................ 1947-03 May 1982 - 02 Apr 1996 Sir John George Melvin Compton (2nd Time)02 Apr 1996 - 24 May 1997 Vaughan Allen Lewis ........................ 1940-24 May 1997 - 15 Dec 2006 Kenneth Davis Anthony (1st Time) ........... 1951-15 Dec 2006 - 07 Sep 2007 Sir John George Melvin Compton (3rd Time)07 Sep 2007 - 30 Nov 2011 Stephenson King ............................ 1958-30 Nov 2011 - Kenneth Davis Anthony (2nd Time)