Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly
The Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly is elected by the assembly members and presides over all Sittings of the assembly.[3]
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| 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 | Deputy Presiding Officers |
| Salary | TT$20,890 (per month) (Presiding Officer) TT$13,930 (per month) (Deputy Presiding Officer)[2] |
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Trinidad and Tobago |
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Vanessa Cutting-Thomas of the People's National Movement is the current Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly.
List of Presiding Officers
| Name | Term of office | Political Party | Electoral District | Notes | ||
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| 1 | Jefferson Davidson | December 16, 1986 | 2000 | NAR | ||
| 2 | Anne Mitchell-Gift | 2001 | January 24, 2013 | PNM | ||
| 3 | Kelvin Charles | January 25, 2013 | March 23, 2016 | PNM | Black Rock / Whim / Spring Garden | |
| 4 | Vanessa Cutting-Thomas | April 28, 2016 | January 26, 2017 | PNM | ||
| 5 | Denise Tsoiafatt Angus | January 26, 2017 | November 21, 2019 | PNM | ||
| (4) | Vanessa Cutting-Thomas | December 19, 2019 | Incumbent | PNM | ||
List of Deputy Presiding Officers
| Name | Term of office | Political Party | Electoral District | Notes | Name | Entered office | Left office | Political Party | Electoral District | Notes | |||
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| Christo Gift | 1996 | 2000 | NAR | ||||||||||
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| Anthony Arnold | 2001 | 2005 | PNM | ||||||||||
| Albert Pilgrim | 2005 | January 24, 2013 | PNM | Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden | |||||||||
| Ancil Dennis | January 25, 2013 | May 5, 2020 | PNM | Buccoo/Mount Pleasant | Dion Isaac | January 25, 2013 | January 26, 2017 | PNM | |||||
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| Shomari Hector | May 29, 2020 | Incumbent | PNM | Bethel/Mt. Irvine | |||||||||
See also
- Tobago House of Assembly
- 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)
References
- "Former Clerk of THA gets second chance as Presiding Officer". www.guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- "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.
External links
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