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Albena Lake-Hodge (1920 – October 22, 1985) was an educator and politician in
Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territo ...
. She was known as "Teacher Albena". She was head of the Valley Girls' School in Anguilla. In 1970, she guided the amalgamation of the Valley Girls' School and Valley Boys' School into the Valley Primary School. Lake-Hodge was elected to the Anguilla
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 governme ...
in 1976 and served as Minister of Social Services from 1976 to 1980. She supported the
motion of no confidence A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or mana ...
which brought down the government of
Ronald Webster James Ronald Webster (2 March 19269 December 2016) was a politician from Anguilla. After ending the Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla federation in 1967, he served as the island territory's first Chief Minister of Anguilla, Chief Minister from 10 Fe ...
in 1977. She defeated Webster in 1984 in the constituency of Valley South and was named Minister of Education in the Executive Council. She resigned from her ministerial post in July 1985 due to health problems. She died in office 3 months later. Lake-Hodge was a founding member of the
Anguilla National Alliance The Anguilla National Alliance was a centre-right political party in Anguilla. At the elections of 21 February 2005, the party first became part of the Anguilla United Front(AUF), that won 38.9% of popular votes and 4 out of 7 elected seats, and ...
. She played an important role in establishing the National Bank of Anguilla.
Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School (ALHCS) is the sole government secondary school of Anguilla, in The Valley. it had about 1,062 students. It has two campuses, A and B. Forms 1-2 go to campus B while forms 3-6 go to Campus A.
was named in her honour. A postage stamp bearing her image was issued by Anguilla in 1999.


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1920 births 1985 deaths Anguilla National Alliance politicians Members of the House of Assembly of Anguilla Government ministers of Anguilla 20th-century British women politicians Women government ministers of Anguilla {{Anguilla-politician-stub