Cayman Islands Parliament

Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Head of Cayman Islands Parliament
(female suffrage 1944 - was part of Jamaica till 1962)
British Colony

See also Cayman Islands Ministers

1964-84 Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Sybil McLaughlin
1991-96 Speaker
of the Assembly
She was Secretary to the Commissioner 1958-64 and concurrently Clerk of the Executive Councl 1964-84. Minister of Education 1996-98. (b. 1928-).

1994-1987 Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Gay Jackson

1987-2001 Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Georgette Myrie

1995-2000 Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly Edna Marie Moyle
1999 Acting Speaker
2005-09 Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Secretary to the Administrator 1966-69, Deputy Clerk of the Legislative Assembly 1971-79 and Member of the Assembly since 1992. Member of the Executive Council as Minister
of Community Development, Sports, Youth Affairs and Culture 2000-01. The opposition put the non-elected Debra Ebanks forward as their candidate for Speaker.

2001-03 and 2013- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Juliana O’Connor-Connolly  
Member of the government 1996-2000, 2003-05 and from 2009 and Premier 2012-13.

Circa 2001- Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Wendy Lauer Ebanks

2009-13 Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Mary Lawrence
Independent politician since 1968, teacher and community worker.


 

Last update 31.12.15