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This is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica. Speaker is the presiding officer of House of Representatives of Jamaica. Annual salary of the ...
Speaker of the House of Representatives. Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, JLP since 15 September 2020 . ... Government – Jamaica Labour Party members. Dr.
Pages in category "Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Juliet Holness (née Landell; born July 16, 1971) is a Jamaican politician who is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member for Saint Andrew East Rural. She is married to Andrew Holness, the Prime Minister of Jamaica. [1]
As Jamaica is a parliamentary democracy modelled after the Westminster system, most of the government's ability to make and pass laws is dependent on the Prime Minister's ability to command the confidence of the members of the House of Representatives. Though both Houses of Parliament hold political significance, the House of Representatives ...
Jamaica is the first English-speaking country in the Caribbean to achieve universal adult suffrage and grant women the right to be elected to Parliament. [1] Between 1944 and 2020, a total of 47 women have been elected as members of the House of Representatives. As of September 2020 there are 18 women in the House of Representatives, the ...
She served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (2007-2011). On 12 July 2011, Dalrymple-Philibert was elected the 15th Speaker of the House of Representatives, succeeding Delroy Chuck, who had been appointed Minister of Justice. [5] She became only the second woman to occupy this position after Violet Neilson of the PNP (1997-2003).
Lawmakers voted in U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, a relatively low-profile social conservative and House Republicans' fourth nominee to replace ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, by a 220-209 ...