Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly
| Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly | |
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since 9 December 2021 | |
| Style | Presiding Officer (Within Parliament) The Honourable (Formal) |
| Term length | Elected by the Tobago House of Assembly at the start of each session, and upon a vacancy, no limits imposed |
| Inaugural holder | Jefferson G. Davidson Christo Gift (Deputy Presiding Officer) |
| Formation | 1996 |
| Deputy | Joel Sampson |
| Salary | TT$20,890 (per month) (Presiding Officer) TT$13,930 (per month) (Deputy Presiding Officer)[1] |
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 Trinidad and Tobago portal |
The Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly is elected by the assembly members and presides over all Sittings of the assembly.[2]
The current Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly is Abby Taylor of the Progressive Democratic Patriots.
List of Presiding Officers
[edit]| Name | Term of office | Political Party | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson Davidson | 16 December 1986 | 2000 | NAR | |
| 2 | Anne Mitchell-Gift | 2001 | 24 January 2013 | PNM | |
| 3 | Kelvin Charles | 25 January 2013 | 23 March 2016 | PNM | |
| 4 | Vanessa Cutting-Thomas | 28 April 2016 | 26 January 2017 | PNM | |
| 5 | Denise Tsoiafatt Angus | 26 January 2017 | 21 November 2019 | PNM | |
| (4) | Vanessa Cutting-Thomas | 19 December 2019 | 25 September 2020[3] | PNM | |
| 6 | Oswald Williams | 22 October 2020[4] | 28 January 2021 | PNM | |
| 7 | Abby Taylor | 9 December 2021 | Incumbent | PDP | |
List of Deputy Presiding Officers
[edit]| Name | Term of office | Political Party | Electoral District | Notes | Name | Entered office | Left office | Political Party | Electoral District | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christo Gift | 1996 | 2000 | NAR | ||||||||||
| Anthony Arnold | 2001 | 2005 | PNM | ||||||||||
| Albert Pilgrim | 2005 | 24 January 2013 | PNM | Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden | |||||||||
| Ancil Dennis | 25 January 2013 | 5 May 2020 | PNM | Buccoo/Mount Pleasant | Dion Isaac | 25 January 2013 | 26 January 2017 | PNM | |||||
| Shomari Hector | 29 May 2020 | 28 January 2021 | PNM | Bethel/Mt. Irvine | |||||||||
| Joel Sampson | 9 December 2021 | Incumbent | PDP | Bon Accord/Crown Point | |||||||||
See also
[edit]- Chief Secretary of Tobago
- List of Presiding Officers of the Tobago House of Assembly
- Local government in Trinidad and Tobago
- Politics of Trinidad and Tobago
- Presiding Officer (disambiguation page)
- Tobago House of Assembly
References
[edit]- ^ "DRAFT ESTIMATES OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE 2019" (PDF). Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "About The Assembly". Tobago House of Assembly. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ Williams, Elizabeth (25 September 2020). "Presiding Officer Resigns". Caribbean Communications Network. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "New THA Presiding Officer appointed". www.guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 27 October 2020.