Tom Tavares-Finson (born 7 July 1953) is a
Jamaica
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n
attorney-at-law
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and
President of the Senate of Jamaica.
Biography
Tavares-Finson was born in
Kingston, Jamaica
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.. He was educated at the
Jamaica College
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;
McMaster University
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(
Ontario
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,
Canada
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); the
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
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,
University of London
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; and the
Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.
He is a member of the Bar Association of Jamaica, the Advocates Association of Jamaica, and the Lay Magistrates’ Association. He is also a member of the Senate and of the Central Executive & Standing Committee of the
Jamaica Labour Party.
Senator Tavares-Finson has been a nominated commissioner of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica since 2006 and previously served as a member of the Electoral Advisory Committee from 2005–2006.
He also serves as a Director at D.C. Tavares & Finson Co. Ltd.
He is married to Rose Tavares-Finson, née Costantini. They have a daughter named Capri (2001) and a son named Roman (2003).
He has a son Christian (1982) and a daughter Leah (1986) from a previous marriage to
Cindy Breakspeare
Cynthia Jean Cameron Breakspeare (born October 24, 1954) is a Canadian- Jamaican jazz singer, musician and beauty queen. Breakspeare was crowned Miss World 1976. Breakspeare is the mother of reggae musician Damian Marley, through her relationship ...
.
References
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1953 births
Members of the Senate of Jamaica
20th-century Jamaican lawyers
People from Kingston, Jamaica
Living people
Members of the Middle Temple
21st-century Jamaican women politicians
21st-century Jamaican politicians
21st-century Jamaican lawyers