SPEAKERS OF PARLIAMENT (ST. VINCENT)

	The Parliament of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Parliament \| House of Assembly

The Parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is modelled on that of the British Parliament. However, whereas Britain has two Houses of Parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords and together with the Queen, make up Parliament; the St Vincent and the Grenadines Parliament is comprised of the House of Assembly and the Governor-General.

At present, the House of Assembly consists of 23 Members. These include 15 elected Members (Representatives) six Senators, the Attorney General (a Civil Servant) and the Speaker. The membership of the House may vary, because, as is the case now, the Attorney-General, who is a Public Servant, and the Speaker of the House, may be elected from outside of the House. In any case, they are always regarded as members of the House.

Speakers of the House of Assembly

The longest-serving Speaker to be elected in the House of Assembly was the Hon. Hendrick Alexander. The Speaker is not an elected Member, nor is he a Senator. Neither the Speaker nor his Deputy can be a Minister of Government.

Name	Entered Office	Left Office
Hon. N.S. NANTON	25 May 1961	–
Hon. Emanuel Fatima ADAMS	–	24 May 1966
Hon. Othniel Rudolph SYLVESTER, CMG, QC	15 Sep 1966	7 Apr 1967
Hon. Charles St. Clair DACON	26 Jun 1967	8 Mar 1972
Hon. Joseph Lambert EUSTACE	4 May 1972	23 Sep 1974
Hon. Arthur Theophilus WOODS	2 Jan 1975	7 Nov 1979
Hom. Edward A.C. HUGHES	Dec 1979	1981
Hom. Dennie WILSON	1981	Jun 1984
Hon. Olin DENNIE	Mar 1984	19 Sep 1985
Hon. L.A. Douglas WILLIAMS	Sep 1985	Apr 1989
Hon. Montgomery MAULE, MP	May 1989	18 May 1998
Hon. Nolwyn McDOWALL, MP	9 Jul 1998	5 Mar 2001
Hon. Henrick ALEXANDER, MP	17 Apr 2001	7 Nov 2015
Hon. Jomo S. THOMAS, MP	29 Dec 2015	Present