List of presidents of the Senate of the Bahamas explained

This is a list of presidents of the Senate of the Bahamas.The president is the presiding officer of the Senate of the Bahamas. Below is a list of office-holders:

NameEntered officeLeft office
Sir George W. K. RobertsJanuary 1964June 1964
Sir Leonard J. Knowles, CBE[1] [2] 19641972
Sir Gerald Cash, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, JP[3] 19721973
Dame Doris Louise Johnson[4] 19731982
Edwin Coleby[5] 19821992
John Henry Bostwick[6] 1992May 2002
Sharon R. Wilson[7] May 2002May 2007
Lynn HoloweskoMay 2007May 2012
Sharon R. WilsonMay 2012May 2017
Katherine Forbes-Smith[8] May 2017December 2019
Mildred Hall-Watson[9] December 2019October 2021
Lashell Adderley[10] [11] October 2021Incumbent

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who's who in the Bahamas government, 1953-1978. 21 April 1978. Research Committee for the Silver Jubilee of the Progressive Liberal Party. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Elements of Bahamian Law. Sir Leonard J.. Knowles. 21 April 1989. Business & Law Publishers (Bahamas). Google Books.
  3. http://www.bahamasnationalarchives.bs/assets/cash.pdf
  4. Web site: Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership. guide2womenleaders.com.
  5. Europa World Year Book 1985
  6. Web site: Bahamasnet: Government. https://web.archive.org/web/19991115101641/http://www.bahamasnet.com:80/Government/w.senators1.html. dead. 15 November 1999. 15 November 1999.
  7. Web site: The Bahamas Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20021213134219/http://www.bahamasnet.com:80/government/w.senators1.html. dead. 13 December 2002. 13 December 2002.
  8. Web site: K. Forbes Smith to be selected as FNM Senate President - Bahamaspress.com. media.
  9. Web site: Mildred Hall-Watson elected as Senate president. The Nassau Guardian. Rachel. Scott. 6 December 2019. 5 January 2021.
  10. Web site: Bahamas: History made as women to serve as House speaker and President of the Senate. The Habari Network. 6 November 2021.
  11. Web site: Senate of The Bahamas . data.ipu.org . Inter-Parliamentary Union.

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