Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Ministers of Saint Helena, Ascensions and Tristan da Cunha
(Female Suffrage
1966) British Colony
Also se Saint Helena Substate and Saint Helena Parliament
1967-73 Secretary of
External Affairs Joan S. Dorchville
1974-84 Commissioner of
Labour Hedwige Rosemond
1977-83
Member of the Executive Council in Charge of Social Welfare and Education M. Peters
1983-94 and 1994-97 Member of the Executive Council in Charge of Social Welfare R. Pridham
1989-1991 Deputy Secretary
Ethel Yon
1991-2009 Deputy Chief Secretary
2006 and 2007 Acting Governor
2016- Sheriff of St. Helena
In July 2005 she served as Deputy to Governor for third time. Former
Clerk of the Executive and Legislative Council. She has also been Acting Chief Secretary about 40 occasions since 1991,
at one point, the appointment lasted for 2 years. Acting Governor on two occations when the incumbent was abroad.
The Sheriff is nominally responsible for enforcing Court
Orders, summoning Jurors and swears in Governors and Acting Governors.
1989-2005 Clerk of Executive and Legislative Council P.I.D. Lawrence Andrews
Her first name is Patricia.m
1992-97 Member of the
Executive Council in charge of Social Service and Employment J. Young
1994-2015 Sheriff Greta Pat Musk
2001-05
Member of the Executive Council and
Chairperson of the Public Health and Social
Services Committee
Margaret Anne Catherine Hopkins
A
member of the
Legislative Council since circa 1999, Cathy Hopkins was was Secretary to
the Elected Members for Constitutional Development from circa 2003 until 2005 when a
referendum rejected a proposed Ministerial System. Speaker of the Legislative
Council 2008-16.
2003-04
Acting Member of the Executive Council and Chairperson of the
Employment and Social Security Committee
2005-13 Member of the Executive Council and Chairperson of the Public Works and Service Committee
Bernice Olson
Legislative Councillor she served in 2003 during the absence from the island by one
of the members.
2003, 2004, 2005 Acting Deputy Chief Secretary
Gillian Francis
2006 and 2007 Acting Chief Secretary
A leading civil servant.
2004-07 Ex-Officio Member of the Executive Council and Financial Secretary Linda Clemett
2005 Acting Chief Secretary Dr. Corinda Essex
(12.06-July)
Chief Development Officer and later Member of the Legislative
Council
2005-?
Clerk of the Executive and Legislative Council Carol Georg
2006 and 2007 Acting Deputy Secretary
2013-
Member of the Executive Council and Chairperson of the Education Committee
Christine Scipio-O’Dean
2015- Member of the
Executive Council and Chairperson of the Environment and Natural Resources
Committee Pamela Ward Pearce
2016- Governor Lisa
Phillips
Former official at the British Department for International
Development.
2016- Governor’s Deputy Judi Leon
Äs Head of the
Governor's Office, she acts as Governor when the incumbent is away from the
island.
2016 Acting Sheriff Patsy Flagg