Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling, ( McKenzie; born 26 June 1932) served as the tenth
governor-general of the Bahamas
The governor-general of the Bahamas is the vice-regal representative of the Bahamian monarch, currently King Charles III, in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime ...
, from 8 July 2014 to 28 June 2019. She is the second female governor-general of the Bahamas after
Dame Ivy Dumont.
She was married to
Sir Lynden Pindling
Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, NH, KCMG, PC, JP (22 March 193026 August 2000) was a Bahamian politician who is regarded as the "Father of the Nation" of the Bahamas, having led it to majority rule on 10 January 1967 and to independence on 10 Jul ...
, the first Prime Minister of The Bahamas.
The couple had four children.
Biography
Marguerite McKenzie was born to Reuben and Viola McKenzie in
South Andros
South Andros is a district of the nation of the Bahamas.
Geographically, South Andros is the southernmost third of the land mass colloquially called Andros, which includes the districts of North Andros, Central Andros, Mangrove Cay and South An ...
on 26 June 1932.
She moved to
Nassau
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*Nassau, Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence
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*Nassau Street (Winnipeg), ...
in 1946 to live with her sister and attended the Western Senior School.
She later became an assistant to photographer Stanley Toogood.
Soon after, she met
Lynden Pindling
Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, NH, KCMG, PC, JP (22 March 193026 August 2000) was a Bahamian politician who is regarded as the "Father of the Nation" of the Bahamas, having led it to majority rule on 10 January 1967 and to independence on 10 Ju ...
, who would go on to become the first black Premier of the colony of the Bahama Islands (second Premier to
Sir Roland Symonette) from 1967 to 1969, then the first and longest serving
Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 1969 to 1992. The couple married on 5 May 1956 and remained married until his death on 26 August 2000.
["The life and times of Dame Marguerite Pindling, October 28th"](_blank)
Bahamas Historical Society. Bahamas Weekly, 23 October 2010, The couple had four children:
Obafemi Pindling, Leslie Pindling, Monique Johnson, and Michelle Sands.
She was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the
Order of St Michael and St George in 2014.
References
1932 births
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21st-century Bahamian politicians
21st-century Bahamian women politicians
Dames Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Female governors-general
Governors-General of the Bahamas
Living people
People from Nassau, Bahamas
People from South Andros
Spouses of prime ministers of the Bahamas
Wives of knights