Geoffrey Johnstone

Who is Geoffrey Johnstone?

Sir Geoffrey Adams Dinwiddie Johnstone, KCMG is a Bahamas politician and lawyer. He is the eldest son of the late Bruce Eric Johnstone and Wilhelmina Helena Aline Johnstone née Kemp. Johnstone was born in Nassau on 19 September 1927.

He graduated from Queen’s College, Nassau, Bahamas, and upon graduation from that institution in September 1945, he worked as an insurance agent for British American Insurance Company Ltd. for two years. In 1947, he enrolled in the Inns of Court School of Law. He was called to the Degree of the Utter Bar at the Middle Temple in June 1950. He continued to practice law until he retired in December 1998.

In August 1950, he joined the firm of Higgs & Johnson and was admitted to partnership in 1952. He became Senior Partner of Higgs & Johnson in 1968 and continued until his retirement in 1998.

He served as President of the Bahamas Bar Association from June 1973 to June 1975 and as Vice President from June 1975 to June 1976.

He has served as an Elder of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Kirk since April 1963 and continues in that office. In November 2010, at the celebration of the Kirk's 200th Anniversary, he received an achievement award for outstanding service to the Kirk and its mission.