Post: | Speaker |
Body: | the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago |
Flag: | Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg |
Flagsize: | 110px |
Flagborder: | yes |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Trinidad and Tobago |
Insignia: | |
Incumbent: | Bridgid Annisette-George |
Incumbentsince: | 23 September 2015 |
Appointer: | Members of the House of Representatives |
Termlength: | During the life of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago (five years maximum) |
Inaugural: | John L.H.V. Savary Arnold Thomasos |
Formation: | 20 October 1950 |
Deputy: | Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Precursor: | Wade Mark |
Salary: | (per month) (Speaker) (per month) (Deputy Speaker)[1] |
List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago.
Below is a list of speakers of the Legislative Assembly 1950 - 1961:
Name | Term served | Elected | Legislative Council | ||
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John L.H.V. Savary | 1950 - 1955 | October 20, 1950 | 8th | ||
Ashford Sinanan[2] | 1955-1956 | March 1955 | |||
Edgar Mortimer Duke | 1956 - 1961 | October 28, 1956 | 9th |
Below is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago:
Name | Term served | Elected | Independent Parliament | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arnold Thomasos | 1961 - 1981 | December 29, 1961 | 1st Independent Parliament | |
2nd Independent Parliament | ||||
3rd Independent Parliament | ||||
1st Republican Parliament | ||||
Matthew Ramcharan | 1981 - 1986 | November 27, 1981 | 2nd Republican Parliament | |
Nizam Mohammed | 1986 - 1991 | January 12, 1987 | 3rd Republican Parliament | |
Occah Seapaul | 1992 - 1995 | January 13, 1992 | 4th Republican Parliament | |
Hector McClean | 1995 - 2000 | November 27, 1995 [3] | 5th Republican Parliament | |
Rupert Griffith | 2001 - 2002 | January 12, 2001 [4] | 6th Republican Parliament | |
Barendra Sinanan | 2002 - 2010 | October 17, 2002 [5] | 8th Republican Parliament | |
December 17, 2007 | 9th Republican Parliament | |||
Wade Mark | 2010 - 2015 | June 18, 2010 | 10th Republican Parliament | |
Bridgid Annisette-George | 2015 - Present | September 23, 2015 | 11th Republican Parliament | |
August 28, 2020 | 12th Republican Parliament |