Office: | MP for Saint Ann North Eastern |
Termstart: | 7 September 2020 |
Party: | Jamaica Labour Party |
Predecessor: | Shahine Robinson |
Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
Termend: | 3 September 2024 |
Successor: | Matthew Samuda |
Primeminister: | Andrew Holness |
Governor-General: | Sir Patrick Allen |
Alma Mater: | University of the West Indies, Norman Manley Law School |
Office1: | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
Term2: | 22 May 2023 - present |
Education: | Westwood High School, Jamaica |
Marsha Leonette Smith is a Jamaican attorney-at-law and Labour Party politician, and former Member of Parliament for Saint Ann North Eastern (2020-24). She currently serves as the State Minister in the Ministry of Education.
Smith was elected in the 2020 general election.
In February 2022, a number of her constituents protested calling for her resignation citing her perceived lack of presence and involvement in the community.[1]
Smith tendered her resignation as Member of Parliament for Saint Ann North Eastern in September 2024.[2] Smith was replaced as the constituency chairman by Senator Matthew Samuda earlier in the year.[3]
Her father Ernie Smith represented Saint Ann South Western from 2002 to 2011.[4]