Foulkes was elected to the House of Assembly in 1967 and served in the government of Lynden Pindling as Minister of Communications and Minister of Tourism.
The Punch was credited with bringing down the Old PLP Government of the late Bahamas Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling in August 1992.
The new prime minister, Mr. Lynden Pindling, made new arrangements for payments and diversified into narcotics trafficking, ceding the island of Norman's Cay for use by Carlos Lehder.
Lynden Pindling | Lynden David Hall | Lynden Pindling International Airport | Lynden | Donald Lynden-Bell | Aspremont-Lynden Castle | Lynden, Ontario |
See article on Prime Minister Lynden Pindling, who succeeded Symonette in 1967, and article on Sir Stafford Sands.