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List of speakers of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands

List of speakers of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands

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This is a list of speakers and deputy speakers of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands (formerly named the Legislative Council).

Speakers are traditionally appointed from outside the House. The Deputy Speaker is normally a former elected member of the House, and only exercises function when the Speaker is not available.

Six men and two women have served as speaker. Three of the Speakers also served in the Legislative as elected representatives before or after their time as Speaker. The longest serving Speaker, by some length, was Keith L. Flax who served 14 years in the Legislative Council. No other person has served longer than eight years. However, prior to the introduction of Ministerial government in 1967, Henry Creque also served as "Clerk" to the Legislative Council (there being no Speaker).[1] If one includes that period, then the aggregate period served by Henry Creque is 21 years, which is considerably longer.

Speakers of the House

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Deputy speakers of the House

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Footnotes

  1. [1]
    "BVI election and information results 1950–2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. p. 177. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014.
  2. [2]
    "BVI election and information results 1950–2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. p. 177. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Julian Willock Sworn In As Speaker Of The House Of Assembly". 12 March 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  4. [4]
    Corine George-Massicote sworn in as new Speaker of HOA (26 May 2022). "Corine George-Massicote sworn in as new Speaker of HOA". bvinews.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  5. [5]
    "BVI election and information results 1950–2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. pp. 177–178. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014.
  6. [6]
    Eileen L.Powers, The BVI Review, Retrieved 11 February 2016
  7. [7]
    "Deputy Speaker Delores Christopher dies at 70". BVI Beacon. 18 October 2018.
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