Jump to content

英文维基 | 中文维基 | 日文维基 | 草榴社区

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Speaker is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat. The Speaker is elected by MPs, and does not have to be an Assembly member.[1] There is also a Deputy Speaker, who is elected by MPs from amongst their own numbers, although they cannot also be a member of the cabinet.[1]

List of speakers

[edit]
Name Term start Term end Notes
Howard Fergus 1975 2001
Joseph Meade 2001 2009
Sir Howard Fergus October 2009 6 April 2010 Acting Speaker
Teresina Bodkin 6 April 2010 2014
Sir Howard Fergus 2014 23 January 2015 Acting Speaker
Shirley Osborne 23 January 2015 17 December 2019
Teresina Bodkin 17 December 2019 20 December 2020
Charliena White 20 December 2020 Incumbent

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Ian Hendry & Susan Dickson (2011) British Overseas Territories Law, Bloomsbury Publishing, p237