Honorific-Prefix: | Senator the Honourable |
Thomas Tavares-Finson | |
Honorific-Suffix: | OJ, CD, KC, JP |
Office: | President of the Senate of Jamaica |
Term Start: | 10 March 2016 |
Predecessor: | Floyd Morris |
Party: | Jamaica Labour Party |
Birth Date: | 1953 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Kingston, Colony of Jamaica |
Spouse: | Rose Tavares-Finson Cynthia Jean Cameron Breakspeare (1981–1995) |
Profession: | Attorney-At-Law |
Thomas "Tom" Tavares-Finson (born 7 July 1953) is a Jamaican attorney-at-law and President of the Senate of Jamaica.
Tavares-Finson was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Son of White Englishman, George Frank Finson[1] and White Jamaican, Hyacinth Lelia Tavares-Finson.[2] He was educated at the Jamaica College; McMaster University (Ontario, Canada); the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London; and the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.[3]
He is a member of the Bar Association of Jamaica, the Advocates Association of Jamaica, and the Lay Magistrates’ Association. He is also a member of the Senate and of the Central Executive & Standing Committee of the Jamaica Labour Party.
Senator Tavares-Finson has been a nominated commissioner of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica since 2006 and previously served as a member of the Electoral Advisory Committee from 2005–2006.
He also serves as a Director at D.C. Tavares & Finson Co. Ltd.[4] He is married to Rose Tavares-Finson, née Costantini. They have a daughter named Capri (2001) and a son named Roman (2003).
He has a son Christian (1982) and a daughter Leah (1986) from a previous marriage to Cindy Breakspeare. During that marriage, he was the stepfather of Damian Marley.[5]