House of Assembly of Dominica

The House of Assembly is the legislature of Dominica. It is established by Chapter III of the Constitution of Dominica, and together with the President of Dominica constitutes Dominica's Parliament. The House is unicameral, and consists of twenty-one Representatives, nine Senators, and the Attorney General as an ex officio member. The Speaker of the House becomes the thirty-second member if chosen from outside the membership of the House.

House of Assembly of Dominica
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1978
Leadership
Speaker	Joseph Isaac[1] since 10 February 2020
Structure
Seats	31 members
Political groups	Governing party      Dominica Labour Party (18)      Government Senators (5) Opposition party      United Workers' Party (3)      Opposition Senators (4) Other members      Attorney General and Speaker (ex-officio) (2)
Elections
Last election	2019 Dominican general election
Meeting place
Roseau
Website
www.dominica.gov.dm

Representatives are directly elected in single member constituencies using the simple-majority (or first-past-the-post) system for a term of five years. The Representatives in turn decide whether the Senators are to be elected by their vote, or appointed. If appointed, five are chosen by the president with the advice of the prime minister and four with the advice of the opposition leader. The current Senators are appointed.

The Cabinet of Dominica is appointed from members of the House of Assembly. However, no more than three Senators may be members of the Cabinet.

Representatives

Since the election held on 8 December 2014, the Dominica Labour Party has held 15 of the 21 directly elected seats, and the opposition United Workers' Party has held six elected seats.[2] The next election is not yet scheduled.

Constituency	Representative	Party	Notes
Castle Bruce	DrigoJohnson Drigo	DLP
Colihaut	ToulonCatherine Daniel	DLP
Cottage	AustrieReginald Victor Austrie	DLP
Grand Bay	Charles, JustinaJustina Charles	DLP
La Plaine	Saint-JeanPetter Saint-Jean	DLP
Mahaut	BlackmooreRayburn John Blackmoore	DLP
Marigot	LintonLennox Linton	UWP
Morne Jaune/Riviere Cyrique	StephensonIvor Stephenson	DLP
Paix Bouche	PaulRoselyn Paul	DLP
Petite Savanne	Darroux, KennethKenneth Melchoir Darroux	DLP
Portsmouth	DouglasIan Douglas	DLP
Roseau Central	IsaacJoseph Isaac	DLP
Roseau North	LugayDaniel Lugay	UWP
Roseau South	FrancisJoshua Francis	UWP
Roseau Valley	McIntyreJohn Collin McIntyre	DLP
Salisbury	JohnHector John	UWP
Salybia	Darroux, CassiusCasius Darroux	DLP
St. Joseph	Darroux, KelverKelver Dwight Darroux	DLP
Soufrière	Charles, DeniseDenise Charles	DLP	Succeeded Ian Pinard in 2016 by-election.[3]
Vieille Case	SkerritRoosevelt Skerrit	DLP	Assumed position of Prime Minister 8 January 2004.
Wesley	BazilEzikiel Bazil	UWP

Senators

Senator	Party	Notes
BaptisteIsaac Baptiste	UWP	Appointed by Leader of the Opposition.
BaronFrancine Baron	DLP	Appointed by Prime Minister.
BlanchardMiriam Blanchard	DLP	Appointed by Prime Minister.
FontaineThomson Fontaine	UWP	Appointed by Leader of the Opposition.
ThomasFelix Thomas	UWP	Appointed by Leader of the Opposition.
TongeRobert Tonge	DLP	Appointed by Prime Minister.
Williams Monelle Williams	UWP	Appointed by Leader of the Opposition.

See also

• List of members of the House of Assembly of Dominica
• List of Speakers of the House of Assembly of Dominica
• History of Dominica
• List of legislatures by country

Notes

1. https://data.ipu.org/content/dominica?chamber_id=13378
2. General Election Results - 8 December 2014, KnowledgeWalk Institute, 30 January 2017, retrieved 30 January 2017
3. DLP sweeps Soufriere by-election, Dominica News Online, 7 June 2016, retrieved 30 January 2017

References

• Electoral Office (21 December 2009), House of Assembly General Election 2009 - Final Count (PDF), Commonwealth of Dominica, archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011, retrieved 22 April 2010.
• House of Assembly - dominica.gov, Commonwealth of Dominica, retrieved 22 April 2010.
• Lawrence, Alick C., The Constitution, The Government & You, Pont Casse Press, pp. 40–41, ISBN 0-9737347-5-2.