List of Speakers of the House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Speaker of the House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is elected by the majority party in the House of Assembly in consultation with the Opposition, when the House first meets after a General Election.[1]
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Speakers of the House of Assembly
Below is the list of office-holders[2]:
Name | Entered Office | Left Office |
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Hon. N. S. Nanton | 25 May 1961 | 14 September 1961 |
Hon. Emanuel Fatima Adams[3] | 11 October 1962 | 23 May 1966 |
Hon. Othniel Rudolph Sylvester, CMG, QC [4] | 15 September 1966 | 16 March 1967 |
Hon. Charles St. Clair Dacon | 26 July 1967 | 1970 |
Hon. Edward Alexander Clavier Hughes | 21 May 1970 | 20 August 1970 |
Hon. Joseph Lambert Eustace | 4 May 1972 | 1974 |
Hon. Arthur T. Woods | 2 January 1975 | 1979 |
Hon. Edward Alexander Clavier Hughes | 27 October 1979 | 24 July 1981 |
Hon. Dennie Wilson | 17 August 1982 | 12 April 1984 |
Hon. Olin J. B. Dennie | 23 August 1984 | 1 August 1985 |
Hon. L. A. Douglas Williams | 21 November 1985 | 23 March 1989 |
Hon. Emanuel Fatima Adams[5] | 13 June 1989 | 14 February 1991 |
Hon. Montgomery Maule | 3 June 1991 | 12 March 1998 |
Hon. Nolwyn McDowall | 9 July 1998 | 11 January 2001 |
Hon. Hendrick Alexander [6][7] | 17 April 2001 | 28 December 2015 |
Hon. Jomo Sanga Thomas | 29 December 2015 | Present |
Footnotes and references
- http://www.assembly.gov.vc/assembly/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=36
- http://www.assembly.gov.vc/assembly/images/stories/members%20of%20parliament%20from%201951.pdf
- http://www.caribbeanelections.com/knowledge/biography/bios/adams_fatima.asp
- Caribbean Court of Justice
- http://www.caribbeanelections.com/knowledge/biography/bios/adams_fatima.asp
- Speaker Alexander was re-elected on 29 December 2005
- IPU Election Guide
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