Sharon R. Wilson | |
Office1: | President of the Senate of the Bahamas |
Primeminister1: | Perry Christie |
Term Start1: | May 2012 |
Term End1: | May 2017 |
Predecessor1: | Lynn Holowesko |
Successor1: | Katherine Forbes-Smith |
Primeminister2: | Perry Christie |
Term Start2: | May 2002 |
Term End2: | May 2007 |
Predecessor2: | John Henry Bostwick |
Successor2: | Lynn Holowesko |
Birth Date: | 25 September 1948 |
Party: | Progressive Liberal Party |
Sharon R. (Lady) Wilson (born 25 September 1948) is the second female President of the Senate of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. She is the only person, male or female, to have served two non-consecutive terms in that office.[1] [2]
She was born in Nassau, Bahamas, and attended public schools there until 1961. She then attended St. John's College, graduating in 1966.[3]
Wilson attended Florida Memorial University where she received her BA, with honors, in 1971. She earned her M.SC. in 1979 from the University of Miami. She was a chief magistrate for the Commonwealth, and was the President of the Senate from May 2002 until May 2007, and then again from May 2012 until May 2017.[4]