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Patricia Deveaux was elected to parliament in 2021 from the Bamboo Town constituency defeating incumbent Free National Movement incumbent Renward Wells. She, along with 6 others, make up the largest number of women to ever be seated as members of parliament in the Bahamas. Deveaux was elected the second woman Speaker of the House of Assembly ...
She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Englerston since 2002, making her the country's longest serving female parliamentarian. [1] In 2008, Hanna-Martin became the first woman to hold the position of Chairman of a political party in The Bahamas. She was the Minister of Transport and Aviation from 2002 to 2007 and 2012 to 2017. [2]
Member of the Parliament of the Bahamas for Sea Breeze; Incumbent. Assumed office 2021: ... 2021, she was appointed Bahamas Ambassador to the Caribbean Community ...
In 1957, she began working as a stenographer in the Legal Department of the Bahamas and by 1961 had become the private secretary of the Attorney General. [2] Between 1967 and 1971, she served as an Administrative Officer of the Legal Department and attended law school, [2] earning her membership to the Bahamas Bar Association in 1971. [3]
JoBeth Lillian Coleby-Davis (born 17 July 1984) is a Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party politician and attorney who has been the Bahamian Minister of Energy and Transport since 4 September 2023 and the Member of Parliament for Elizabeth since 16 September 2021.
The House of Assembly is the lower chamber.It consists of 39 members (known as members of parliament), elected from individual constituencies for five-year terms. [3] As under the Westminster system, the government may dissolve the parliament and call elections at any time.
She is part of the largest number of females to serve in a Bahamian parliament. [4] In a cabinet shuffle, Glover-Rolle was promoted to become the Minister of Labour and Public Service on 11 September 2023. On 4 October 2023, the Honourable Prime Minister Philip Davis, named Glover-Rolle Deputy Leader of Government Business in The Bahamas ...
Chiepe became the first female directly-elected member in a 1977 by-election [32] Brazil: 1933: Carlota Pereira de Queirós [33] British Virgin Islands: 1965: Emogene Creque [34] Creque was an appointed member of the Legislative Council. Eileene L. Parsons and Ethlyn Smith became the first two women elected in 1995 [34] Brunei: 2011: Zasia ...