Eden Bowers Explained

Eden A. Bowers
Office1:Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica
Primeminister1:Oliver Seraphin
Predecessor1:Pershing Waldron
Successor1:Marie Davis Pierre
Term Start1:19 June 1979
Term End1:August 1980
Party:Dominica Labour Party

Eden Bowers was a Dominican politician who served as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica during turbulent times of June 1979. He was a member of Dominica Labour Party.

He was elected to the House of Assembly of Dominica in the 1975 elections from Vieille Case.[1]

Bowers served as deputy speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica. He was elected as Speaker of the House on 19 June 1979, when Prime Minister Patrick John and the incumbent speaker Pershing Waldron were absent.[2] President Fred Degazon had already fled the country to England.[3] Oliver Seraphin was subsequently elected as Prime Minister. Bowers was not re-elected in the 1980 elections when Labour part lost all its seats in the House of Assembly.

Bowers died before 2022.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1975 General Election Results - Electoral Office . electoraloffice.gov.dm.
  2. Web site: Dominica's Day of Shame . The Sun.
  3. Web site: Biography - Office of the President . presidentoffice.gov.dm.
  4. Web site: Glenda Bowers Brampton Meadowvale Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Centres . mountpleasantgroup.permavita.com . en.

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