Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Heads of the
Parliament of the Commonwealth
of Dominica (female suffrage 1951)
House of Assembly
See also Dominica Ministers
1967-78
Clerk of the House Marie Davies-Pierre
1980-89 Speaker
As speaker of the House she was Deputy Head of State
1982-86
Clerk of the House Jennifer White
Since 1994 Permanent Secretary of Community Development and Social Affairs
1986-95
Clerk of the House Alberte Jno. Baptiste
1993-95
Speaker Neva Edwards
As speaker of the House she was Deputy Head of State
1995-
Clerk of the House of Assembly Alex F. Phillip
2000-
Speaker of the House of Representatives Alix Boyd-Knights
In 2013 she was the government's nominee for President until she withdrew. The
next nominee, Jennifer Wallace Lafond, former Permanent Secretary of Education
also withderew, the opposition nominated Dorothy Leevy, former principal of the
Convent High School, but a man became president in an election boycutted by the
opposition in parliamen. Her mother Cynthia Boyd Buttler was Mayor of the
capital Roseau
Last updates 29.09.14