Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly | |
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since 9 December 2021 | |
Style | Presiding Officer (Within Parliament) The Honourable (Formal) |
Term length | Elected by the Tobago House of Assembly at the start of each session, and upon a vacancy, no limits imposed |
Inaugural holder | Jefferson G. Davidson Christo Gift (Deputy Presiding Officer) |
Formation | 1996 |
Deputy | Joel Sampson |
Salary |
TT$20,890 (per month) (Presiding Officer) TT$13,930 (per month) (Deputy Presiding Officer) [1] |
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The Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly is elected by the assembly members and presides over all Sittings of the assembly. [2]
The current Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly is Abby Taylor of the Progressive Democratic Patriots.
Name | Term of office | Political Party | Notes | ||
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1 | Jefferson Davidson | 16 December 1986 | 2000 | NAR | |
2 | Anne Mitchell-Gift | 2001 | 24 January 2013 | PNM | |
3 | Kelvin Charles | 25 January 2013 | 23 March 2016 | PNM | |
4 | Vanessa Cutting-Thomas | 28 April 2016 | 26 January 2017 | PNM | |
5 | Denise Tsoiafatt Angus | 26 January 2017 | 21 November 2019 | PNM | |
(4) | Vanessa Cutting-Thomas | 19 December 2019 | 25 September 2020 [3] | PNM | |
6 | Oswald Williams | 22 October 2020 [4] | 28 January 2021 | PNM | |
7 | Abby Taylor | 9 December 2021 | Incumbent | PDP |
Name | Term of office | Political Party | Electoral District | Notes | Name | Entered office | Left office | Political Party | Electoral District | Notes | |||
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Christo Gift | 1996 | 2000 | NAR | ||||||||||
Anthony Arnold | 2001 | 2005 | PNM | ||||||||||
Albert Pilgrim | 2005 | 24 January 2013 | PNM | Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden | |||||||||
Ancil Dennis | 25 January 2013 | 5 May 2020 | PNM | Buccoo/Mount Pleasant | Dion Isaac | 25 January 2013 | 26 January 2017 | PNM | |||||
Shomari Hector | 29 May 2020 | 28 January 2021 | PNM | Bethel/Mt. Irvine | |||||||||
Joel Sampson | 9 December 2021 | Incumbent | PDP | Bon Accord/Crown Point |