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Hector John
Hector John (born 22 October 1970) is a Dominican politician in the United Workers' Party (Dominica), United Workers' Party (UWP). He was the Leader of the Opposition (Dominica), Leader of the Opposition, from 2010 to 2014 and was the youngest ever to hold that position. He was first elected as a Representative to the House of Assembly of Dominica, House of Assembly in 2009. Biography John was born in Salisbury, Dominica, Salisbury, Dominica. He graduated from the St. Joseph Campus of Dominica Grammar School, and then earned a B.A. in Information Technology from Monroe College in New York.. Hector worked in the banana industry for over 16 years, as a statistics officer and information technology assistant. He was active in the Salisbury community as a leader of several organizations, including the Salisbury Catholic Youth Movement and the Salisbury Improvement Committee. John entered politics as a candidate for the Salisbury parliamentary constituency in the 2009 Dominican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leader Of The Opposition (Dominica)
The Leader of the Opposition'' of the Commonwealth of Dominica is the Member of Parliament who leads the Official Opposition in the House of Assembly of Dominica. The current Leader of the Opposition is Jesma Paul, an independent candidate of the Salisbury constituency, who was sworn in on December 20 2022. The position was previously held by Lennox Linton. Provision Chapter IV Section 66 of The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Dominica states: The House of Assembly did not have a Leader of the Opposition in early 2010, following the results of the 2009 general election. The leader of the opposition United Workers' Party, Ronald Green, lost his seat, and the three UWP Representatives elected boycotted the House of Assembly.. This ended with the swearing in of Hector John as Leader of the Opposition on 19 July 2010. List of leaders of the opposition References Politics of Dominica Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominica Labour Party
The Dominica Labour Party is a centre-left social-democratic political party in Dominica. History Founded in 1955 by Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Emmanuel Christopher Loblack, the Dominica Labour Party is the oldest political party in Dominica. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p225 It first contested general elections in 1961, winning seven of the eleven seats. In the next elections in 1966 it won all but one of the seats. It retained power in the 1970 elections, although it was reduced to eight seats. A fourth consecutive victory was achieved in the 1975 elections when it won 16 of the 21 seats. In 1980 the party suffered a major defeat, seeing its vote share reduced from 50% to 17%, and losing all its seats as the Dominica Freedom Party won the elections. It regained five seats in the 1985 elections, losing one in 1990 and gaining one in 1995. In the 2000 elections, the party regained power for the first time since 1975, winning 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe College Alumni
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Living People
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1970 Births
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Members Of The House Of Assembly Of Dominica
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Caribbean
The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC, with funding from the British Government through the Foreign Secretary's office. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception area, language selection and audience reach. It broadcasts radio news, speech and discussions Debate is a process that involves formal discourse on a particular topic, often including a moderator and audience. In a debate, arguments are put forward for often opposing viewpoints. Debates have historically occurred in public meetings, ... in more than 40 languages to many parts of the world on analogue and Shortwave listening, digital shortwave platforms, internet streaming, podcasting, Satellite radio, satellite, Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, FM broadcasting, FM and Medium wave, MW relays. In 2015, the World Service reached an average of 210 million people a week (via TV, radio and online). In November 2016, the BBC announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Dominican By-election
A by-election was held on 9 July 2010 in Dominica, to fill two seats in the House of Assembly that were declared vacant. The contested seats were both won by significant margins by the incumbent candidates, who were members of the opposition United Workers' Party. Following the results of the 2009 general election conducted on 18 December 2009, the Dominica Labour Party won 18 of the 21 seats in the House of Assembly, with the United Workers' Party in the remaining three. Alleging election irregularities, the UWP members boycotted the Assembly. After two of the three UWP members, Edison James of Marigot and Hector John of Salisbury, did not attend three consecutive sessions of the Assembly, Speaker of the House Alix Boyd Knights declared their seats vacant, and a by-election was scheduled to fill the vacancies. The UWP argued that the Speaker had no legal authority to declare the seats vacant and that the by-elections were unconstitutional. James and John nevertheless ran i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alix Boyd Knights
Alix Boyd Knights is a Dominican politician and attorney who was the Speaker of the House of Assembly House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnational level. Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible gove ... from 2000 to 2020. Boyd Knights was first elected Speaker on 17 April 2000 and was re-elected on 27 July 2005, 4 February 2010 and 20 February 2015. Upon her election to a third term on 4 February 2010, she became the longest serving Speaker in Dominica's history.; . She has a Bachelor of Laws degree from University of the West Indies. References External links *. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Dominica Labour Party politicians Speakers of the House of Assembly of Dominica Dominica women in politics Dominica lawyers Dominica women lawyers University of the West Indies alumni {{dominica-po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Speakers Of The House Of Assembly Of Dominica
The Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica is responsible for the management and general administration of the House, ensuring that rules of procedure are followed. The Speaker is elected by the House of Assembly at its first sitting after a general election. A member of the House who is elected as Speaker can only vote to break ties (a casting vote). If someone outside the membership of the House is elected as Speaker, they become a member, but cannot cast an original or casting vote. Louis Cools-Lartigue, OBE, was the speaker of its predecessor, the Legislative Council until 1967. Presidents of the Legislative Council Speakers of the Legislative Council Speakers of the House of Assembly References *Vernanda Raymond, Clerk, House of Assembly (acting) *. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Speakers of the House of Assembly of Dominica Dominica Dominica Government of Dominica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bentley Royer
Julien Bentley Royer (born 1955) is a Dominican politician in the Dominica Labour Party and a former schoolteacher. He served briefly as a senator in the Dominica House of Assembly in 2010, and has twice been an unsuccessful candidate for an elected seat. Royer was born in Salisbury, Dominica. He graduated from the Dominica Teacher's Training College and also studied in Jamaica.. Royer taught auto mechanics at the Goodwill Secondary School and has served as a board member of the Salisbury Credit Union. Royer contested the Salisbury constituency on the Labour Party ticket in the 2009 general election. He lost to the opposition United Workers Party candidate Hector John on 18 December 2009, with 512 to John's 817 votes (38.1% to 60.7%). Royer was then appointed to serve as a senator in the House of Assembly on 4 February 2010. Royer resigned his seat to again contest the Salisbury constituency in a by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Dominican General Election
General elections were held in Dominica on 18 December 2009, to elect the 21 Representatives of the House of Assembly. The incumbent Dominica Labour Party The Dominica Labour Party is a centre-left social-democratic political party in Dominica. History Founded in 1955 by Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Emmanuel Christopher Loblack, the Dominica Labour Party is the oldest political party in Dominica. N ... increased its majority to 18 of 21 seats, winning a third term. Results By constituency References {{Dominican elections Elections in Dominica Dominica General election December 2009 events in North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
