List Of Speakers Of The Legislative Assembly Of Montserrat
The Speaker is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat. The Speaker is elected by MPs, and does not have to be an Assembly member.Ian Hendry & Susan Dickson (2011) ''British Overseas Territories Law'', Bloomsbury Publishing, p237 There is also a Deputy Speaker, who is elected by MPs from amongst their own numbers, although they cannot also be a member of the cabinet. List of speakers References {{reflist Politics of Montserrat Montserrat Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with r ... Montserrat-related lists ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Legislative Assembly Of Montserrat
The Legislative Assembly is the legislature of Montserrat. A unicameral body, it has nine elected members. History The Legislative Assembly was established following the promulgation of a new constitution in 2011, replacing the Legislative Council. Caribbean Elections The first elections to it were held in , and the most recent being in . Electoral system The nine members of the Legislative Assembly ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Montserrat
Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with roughly of coastline. It is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish diaspora, Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants. Montserrat is the only non-fully sovereign full member of the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. On 18 July 1995, the previously dormant Soufrière Hills volcano, in the southern part of the island, became active. Eruptions destroyed Montserrat's Georgian era capital city of Plymouth, Montserrat, Plymouth. Between 1995 and 2000, two-thirds of the island's population was forced to flee, primarily to the United Kingdom, leaving fewer than 1,200 people on the island in 1997 (rising to nearly 5,000 by 2016). The volcanic ac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Howard Fergus
Sir Howard Archibald Fergus (born 22 July 1937) is a Montserratian author and historian. He was born at Long Ground in Montserrat. He attended Bethel Primary School, Montserrat Secondary School, Erdiston Teachers College in Barbados, the University College of the West Indies (London), the Universities of Bristol and Manchester, and finally the University of the West Indies (UWI), earning a PhD in 1978. He retired from the University in 2004 as Professor of Eastern Caribbean Studies. Fergus has written and edited more than 14 books, including several works on Montserratian history and society. His scholarly works have been published in a number of international journals and he is also an established poet. Fergus was winner of The Caribbean Writer Poetry Prize in 1992 and of the David Hough Literary Prize for an author residing in the Caribbean in 2002. Life Fergus served as the Speaker of the Legislative Council of Montserrat from 1975 to 2001, one of the longest terms for a pres ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joseph Meade (Montserrat)
Joseph Michael Meade (1839 – 14 July 1900) was an Irish businessman and politician. He was born in Dublin, son of Michael Meade of Great Brunswick St., a catholic and founder of the building and contracting firm of Meade, Michael & Son. Joseph entered the family firm and on his father's death in 1866, and took over as head and greatly expanded it. He eventually employed 900 men and was contracted for major projects. He was the chairman of numerous boards including the Hibernian Bank and the Globe insurance company, he used his wealth and position to enhance his civic standing. In 1886 he was elected to Dublin Corporation as alderman for Trinity ward, a position he held until his death, and in 1889 he was made Sheriff of Dublin City. A staunch nationalist, he contributed financially to the Home Rule League and after the split in 1890, he remained a supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell. He was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1891 and re-elected the following year – his p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Teresina Bodkin
Teresina Bodkin is a Montserrat teacher and civil servant who became the first woman Speaker of the Legislative Council of Montserrat. Bodkin was born on Montserrat and she worked as a secondary school maths teacher who went on to be Montserrat's Director of Statistics, She held that role for 15 years. On 6 April 2010, Bodkin was selected as the first female Speaker of the island's Legislative Council.Teresina Bodkin caribbeanelections.com. KnowledgeWalk Institute, Retrieved 12 February 2016 Bodkin was supported in this new role by six months of training by former speaker Sir Howard Fergus. During that time Fergus returned to his former role replacing the previous speaker, Joseph Meade. Bodkin served until Septemb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shirley Osborne
Shirley Osborne is a politician in Montserrat. She was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat between September 2014 and October 2019. She is the daughter of the late John Osborne, a former Chief Minister of Montserrat. Osborne trained as a teacher and in 1995 received an MBA from Simmons School of Management. She has served as Executive Director of the Women’s Resource Centre in St Peters. In 2016, Osborne and a friend, hiking in a wooded area near Soldier Ghaut (a seasonal streambed) in the northwest area of the island, discovered nine petroglyphs, known as the Soldier Ghaut petroglyphs The Soldier Ghaut petroglyphs are a group of carvings on rock walls in a seasonal streambed in Montserrat discovered by hikers in 2016 and 2018. The carvings are believed to be between 1000 and 1500 years old and are the first known petroglyphs on t .... References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat Montser ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charliena White
Charliena White is a Montserratian politician. She has been Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat since 20 December 2020. See also * List of speakers of the Legislative Council of Montserrat The Speaker is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat. The Speaker is elected by MPs, and does not have to be an Assembly member.Ian Hendry & Susan Dickson (2011) ''British Overseas Territories Law'', Bloomsbury Publish ... References Living people Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat 21st-century British women politicians Women legislative speakers Montserratian women in politics Year of birth missing (living people) {{Montserrat-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Politics Of Montserrat
Politics of Montserrat takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Premier is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Montserrat is an internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The United Nations Committee on Decolonization includes Montserrat on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat, Legislative Assembly. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North .... Executive branch , King , Charles III , , 8 Se ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lists Of Legislative Speakers
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