Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
 Pitcairn Island and the Henderson, Dulcie and Oeno Islands
(Universal (and female) Suffrage 1838) A very isolated island which was settled by the crew of Bouty. It has been a British Pacific Territory since 1970 administered by the British High Commissioner to New Zealand, who is also Governor of Pitcairn Island etc.  (The island had around 50 inhabitants in 2000)

1970-72 Councillor Christie Warren
Member of the Island Council.

1974-87 and 1988 Councillor Thelma Brown

1974-76, 1981, 1986-88, 1991, 1993, 1995-99 and 2003- Councillor Carol Christian Warren
Married to the chief executive, the Island Magistrate and later also Chairman of the Island Council, Jay Warren (b. 1950-)

1979-80 Councillor Dobrey Young Christian
Her full name is Verna Carlean Deborah Christian (b. 1926-).

1982-84 and 1988 Councillor Vula Warren Young
(b. 1931-).

1990 and 1993 Councillor Betty Christian Christian
1999- Island Secretary (and ex-officio Member of the Island Council)
In 1999 the office of Magistrate was replaced with that of a Mayor. (b. 1942-).

1990 and 2001-02 Councillor Nola Young Warren
She is a School Custodian and Culture Teacher. (b. 1944-)

1985-87, 1989-90, 1991-94, 1996-2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005-10 Councillor Meralda Warren
Ca. 1997-? Representative of the British Governor
Police Chief and Immigration Officer 1996-2000. Her mother, Mavis, was Post Mistress of the Island until 1988. Her brother, Jay Warren, was Island Magistrate 1991-2000 and Mayor 2004-07. (b. 1959-)

Until 1988 Postmistress General Mavis Brown Warren
(b. 1939-).

1991-92 Member of the Island Council Kari Young

1992-93 and 1994-98 Councillor Clarice Brown

Ca.1992-98 Education Officer and Government Advisor Pippa Foley

Ca. 1995-99 Island Secretary Olive Jal Brown Christian
2005-10 Councillor
As Island Secretary Olive Christian was ranking just below the Chief Executive, the Magistrate. Today she holds the office of Roadperson. (b. 1956-)

1996-97, 1999 and 2002- Councillor Lea Donald Brown
2001- Island Magistrate
After the officie of Mayor was introduced, the Magistrate became his/her deputy. All four elected Councillors are women from 2005.

2000-03, 2004-05 and 2010- Councillor Brenda Vera Amelia Lupton-Christian
2004 Acting Mayor of Pictain
Brenda Christian became Acting Mayor and Chief Executive Officer, after the former mayor (her brother, Steve Christian) was one of the six male islanders convicted of rapes and other sexual abuse of children, but one month later, she was defeated by Jay Warren, the only of the defendants to be acquitted of the charges. From 2001 she has been Police Officer. (b. 1954-).

Until 2002 Deputy Governor Karen Wolstenholme
She was Deputy High Commissioner and based in the British High Commission (Embassy) in New Zealand.

Ca. 2004- Government Treasurer Nadine Christian
Married to Bradley Christian and mother of Emily Rose who in 2003 was the first child to born at the island for 17 years. (b. 1973-).
 

2010- Non-Resident Governor Victoria Treadell of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
British Deputy High Commissioner to India 2005-09 and High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa from 2010. (b. 1959-).

 

Last update 22.06.10