Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica

The Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica is responsible for the management and general administration of the House, ensuring that rules of procedure are followed. The Speaker is elected by the House of Assembly at its first sitting after a general election.

A member of the House who is elected as Speaker can only vote to break ties (a casting vote). If someone outside the membership of the House is elected as Speaker, they become a member, but cannot cast an original or casting vote.

Louis Cools-Lartigue, OBE, was the speaker of its predecessor, the Legislative Council until 1967.

Presidents of the Legislative Council

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesEdwin Porter Arrowsmith19511952Henry Laurence Lindo19521959Alec Lovelace19601961

Speakers of the Legislative Council

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesLouis Cools-LartigueFebruary 19611965 - ?Louis Cools-LartigueJanuary 1967March 1967

Speakers of the House of Assembly

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesLouis Cools-LartigueMarch 19671968Gerald Austin Winston19681970Eustace Hazelwood FrancisOctober 1970March 1977Fred Degazon March 1977December 1978Pershing Waldron 4 January 197919 June 1979Eden Bowers19 June 1979August 1980Marie Davis Pierre 13 August 198029 December 1988Crispin Sorhaindo16 September 198924 October 1993Neva Edwards1 November 19932 August 1995F. Osborne G. Symes 3 August 199516 April 2000Alix Boyd Knights17 April 200010 February 2020Joseph Isaac10 February 2020Incumbent

References

Vernanda Raymond, Clerk, House of Assembly (acting) .