Ronnia Durham-Balcombe is a politician who has been the Speaker of the House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines since 2025.
Personal life In 2018, Durham-Balcombe accused one of her male colleagues of assault during a brawl in a rum shop that initially involved the suspect, who was also a lawyer, and Durham-Balcombe's husband.https://www.iwnsvg.com/2018/06/27/lawyer-accuses-colleague-of-assault/ She was elected president of the NDP Women's Arm in 2022.https://www.stvincenttimes.com/ndp-new-women-arm-executive-president-ronnia-durham-balcombe/
Her husband Cameron "Dinky" Balcombe was the New Democratic Party candidate for North Central Windward in the 2010 Vincentian general election until he was dropped as a candidate leading up to the election after he and his father, businessman Alison Balcombe, were charged with possession of ammunition without a license; Cameron was later found not guilty on the charges.https://www.searchlight.vc/from-the-courts/2009/08/07/dinky-walks-free/https://www.searchlight.vc/front-page/2009/06/26/ndp-candidate-father-charged-for-bullets/https://www.searchlight.vc/news/2010/10/19/was-dinky-balcombe-forced-to-resign/
See also List of female speakers of national and territorial unicameral parliaments
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