Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Montserrat Government
(Female Suffrage 1951 as part of Leeward and Windward Islands)
British Colony
1970-77
Minister of Education, Health and Welfare Mary Rose Tuitt
The first woman member of the Legislative Assembly 1970-75. (b. 1930-)
1983
Attorney General Clare Roberts
She was ex-officio member of the Legislative Council
1983-circa
91 Minister of Education, Health, Community Service, Women’s Affairs, Culture
and Sports
2001-08 Minister of Trade, Agriculture, Lands, Housing and the
Environment (Second in
Cabinet until 2006)
2001-02 Minister of Finance Margaret Annie Dyer-Howe
General Manager of Monserrat Water Authority, where she worked since the late
1960s. Member of the Legislative Council 1979-2009. Her first husband Michael
Dyers was an MMP until his death, the second is Robert Howe. Acting Chief Minister
in May 2001, June 2003, September 2003, June and July 2004. (b. 1940-).
1983-86
Secretary to the Executive Council E. White Samuels
1986-91
Secretary to the Executive Council C. Ryan
1991-97 Minister of Education, Health and Community Services Lazelle Howes
1991-94
Secretary to the Executive Council Kathleen Russell
1996-97 Secretary to the Executive Council
1998-2001 Secretary to the Executive Council
1992-98
Attorney General Gertel Uraine Thom
She was ex-officio member of the Legislative Council.
Later Deputy Solicitor General and 2001-04 Cabinet Member and Attorney General
of Antigua and Barbuda until 2001 when she practiced law until 2005 when she
became a High Court Judge in St. Vincent.
1994-96
Clerk to the Executive Council Veronica Lee
1997-98 Clerk to the Executive Council
1997-2001
Minister of Education, Health, Community Services and Labour Adelina Tuitt
2001-06 Minister of, Health, Education and
Community Service Idabelle Meade
2001 Acting Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing and the Environment
2006-08 Minister of Communications and Works
Including the Chief Minister the Executive Council also had two male members.
She was
Acting Chief Minister in March 2002, April 2002, 6-22 August 2003, December 2003
and January 2004. Member of the Legislature until 2009.
2002-05 Attorney General Esco Henry-Greer
2004-07 Governor Deborah Barnes
Jones
The governor is Member of the Executive Council with
responsibility for Internal Security,
External Affairs, Defence
and Offshore Finance and
Head of the Public
Service. The Ambassador to Georgia 2001-03, Deborah Elizabeth Vavasseur
Barnes Jones has been working in the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office since 1980 and among others been 1. Secretary in Israel
and Vice-Ambassador in Ecuador. She is the mother of twin daughters (1991). She
resigned ahead of time taking lave of obsence,
and (b. 1956-).
2009-12 Deputy Governor Sarita Francis
2011 Acting
Governor (03.03-)
Chief Establishment Officer (CEO) / Head of Service since
2007.
2014- Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Heatlh
and Sport Delmaude Ryan
Deputy
Leader of People’s Democratic Movement from 2013.
2015- Governor
Elizabeth Carriere
Assistant Deputy Minister of Hereritage and Recreation in
Manitoba, Canada. Held other senior positions and joined the British Ministry of
International Development in 1999. (b. ca. 1955-).