[4] Hilaire also serves as the 1st Deputy Political Leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party.

[6] He served in opposition from 2016[7] till the landslide victory of the Saint Lucia Labour Party in the 2021 general election.

[8] In the 1990s Hilaire obtained a Bachelor of Science degree[9] at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies.

[9] Hilaire served one year as a Foreign Service Cadet and went on to achieve his Master of Philosophy Degree in 1995 with a distinction in International Relations from Darwin College, Cambridge University, England.

[12] Hilaire became the Chief Executive Officer of The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on 1 October 2009.