House of Assembly of Dominica

House of Assembly of Dominica
Type
Type
History
Founded 1978
Structure
Seats 31 members
Political groups

Governing party

Opposition party

Other members

Meeting place
Roseau
Website
www.dominica.gov.dm
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The House of Assembly is the legislature of Dominica. It is established by Chapter III of the Constitution of Dominica, and together with the President of Dominica constitutes Dominica's Parliament. The House is unicameral, and consists of twenty-one Representatives, nine Senators, and the Attorney General as an ex officio member. The Speaker of the House becomes the thirty-second member if chosen from outside the membership of the House.

Representatives are directly elected in single member constituencies using the simple-majority (or First-past-the-post) system for a term of five years. The Representatives in turn decide whether the Senators are to be elected by their vote, or appointed. If appointed, five are chosen by the president with the advice of the prime minister and four with the advice of the opposition leader. The current Senators are appointed.

Alix Boyd Knights is the current Speaker of the House of Assembly, and was elected from outside the membership of the House. First elected on April 17, 2000, Knights is the longest to serve in that position.[1]

The Cabinet of Dominica is appointed from members of the House of Assembly. However, no more than three Senators may be members of the Cabinet.

Representatives

Since the election held on 8 December 2014, the Dominica Labour Party has held 15 of the 21 directly elected seats, and the opposition United Workers' Party has held six elected seats.[2] The next election is not yet scheduled.

ConstituencyRepresentativePartyNotes
Castle BruceJohnson DrigoDLP
ColihautCatherine DanielDLP
CottageReginald Victor AustrieDLP
Grand BayJustina CharlesDLP
La PlainePetter Saint-JeanDLP
MahautRayburn John BlackmooreDLP
MarigotLennox LintonUWP
Morne Jaune/Riviere CyriqueIvor StephensonDLP
Paix BoucheRoselyn PaulDLP
Petite SavanneKenneth Melchoir DarrouxDLP
PortsmouthIan DouglasDLP
Roseau CentralJoseph IsaacDLP
Roseau NorthDaniel LugayUWP
Roseau SouthJoshua FrancisUWP
Roseau ValleyJohn Collin McIntyreDLP
SalisburyHector JohnUWP
SalybiaCasius DarrouxDLP
St. JosephKelver Dwight DarrouxDLP
SoufrièreDenise CharlesDLPSucceeded Ian Pinard in 2016 by-election.[3]
Vieille CaseRoosevelt SkerritDLPAssumed position of Prime Minister 8 January 2004.
WesleyEzikiel BazilUWP

Senators

SenatorPartyNotes
Isaac BaptisteUWPAppointed by Leader of the Opposition.
Francine BaronDLPAppointed by Prime Minister.
Miriam BlanchardDLPAppointed by Prime Minister.
Kenneth DarrouxDLPAppointed by Prime Minister.
Thomson FontaineUWPAppointed by Leader of the Opposition.
John Collin McIntyreDLPAppointed by Prime Minister.
Felix ThomasUWPAppointed by Leader of the Opposition.
Robert TongeDLPAppointed by Prime Minister.
Monell WilliamsUWPAppointed by Leader of the Opposition.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Boyd Knights celebrates stint as longest serving House Speaker, 21 April 2010, retrieved 22 April 2010 .
  2. ↑ General Election Results - 8 December 2014, KnowledgeWalk Institute, 30 January 2017, retrieved 30 January 2017
  3. ↑ DLP sweeps Soufriere by-election, Dominica News Online, 7 June 2016, retrieved 30 January 2017

References

  • Electoral Office (21 December 2009), House of Assembly General Election 2009 - Final Count (PDF), Commonwealth of Dominica, archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011, retrieved 22 April 2010 .
  • House of Assembly - dominica.gov, Commonwealth of Dominica, retrieved 22 April 2010 .
  • Lawrence, Alick C., The Constitution, The Government & You, Pont Casse Press, pp. 40–41, ISBN 0-9737347-5-2 .
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