Monique Wilson is a Saban politician. She served as a member of the

Saba Island Council The Island Council of Saba is the legislative body of the Dutch special municipality of Saba. It consists of five members and elections take place every four years. The Island Council appoints and supervises the commissioners in the Executive Co ...

for the

Saba Labour Party The Saba Labour Party (SLP) is a political party in Saba. The 2019 elections saw the SLP lose both their seats in the Island Council. Netherlands Antilles Until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, the party competed in island council ...

between 2015 and 2019.

Career

Wilson was a candidate for the

in the 2015 Island Council elections, in which she was elected after receiving 121 votes from the around a thousand possible voters. This was the first time she had stood for election. Out of the 18 people standing for election, Wilson placed third, and the highest for her party. As a result of the election, she took one of the two SLP seats on the Island Council in opposition to the

Windward Islands People's Movement The Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) is a political party in Saba, which held all five seats in the Island Council after the 2019 elections and until June 1, 2022, when council member Hemmie Van Xanten resigned from the party while contin ...

party who held three. She was the only woman elected to the council, and succeeded WIPM candidate Amelia Nicholson. In 2016, she was part of the official delegation who visited the government of Saint Kitts and Nevis to promote cooperation between the two island nations. The following year, she spoke of how the Saba government needs to do more to encourage the skills of school leavers so that they may contribute greater to the local economy. She also stresses the need for the Saban youth to learn Dutch. Outside of her work with the government, Wilson is also a

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and family guardian. The

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saw Wilson lose her seat, with the SLP losing its representation in the Island Council.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Monique Living people Members of the Saba Island Council Women from Saba (island) in politics Saba Labour Party politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)