House of Assembly (Dominica)

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House of Assembly (Dominica)
Basic data
Seat: Roseau , Dominica
Legislative period : 5 years
MPs: 32 (directly elected 21, appointed 9, ex officio 2)
Current legislative period
Last choice: December 8, 2014
Website
houseofassembly.gov.dm

The House of Assembly (German: Assembly House ) is the lower house in the bicameral system of Dominica .

It consists of 21 members who are elected for five years. All persons over the age of 18 are entitled to vote.

elections

Dominica House of Assembly, 2015:
Government:
  • Dominica Labor Party (15)
  • Government Senators (5)
    • Opposition:
  • United Workers' Party (6)
  • Opposition Senators (4)
    • Other members:
  • Attorney General ( ex officio )
    • (1)

    Elections were made on December 18, 2009 with the following result: Dominica Labor Party (DLP) 18 (compared to 12 in 2005), United Workers Party (UWP) 3 (8), Independent 0 (1), Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) 0 (0).

    In the December 8, 2014 elections, the Dominica Labor Party received 15 seats and the United Workers Party 6 seats.

    As in the elections in 2000, 2002, 2009 and 2014, the Dominica Labor Party also won the general election on December 6, 2019, making it the fifth consecutive election. It received 59% of the vote and won the MP in 18 of 21 constituencies. The United Workers Party won 41% of the vote and 3 seats in the House of Assembly.

    Seat

    House of Assembly in Roseau, 2013

    The House of Assembly is based in Roseau . The building was built in 1993 in colonial style on Victoria Street.

    speaker

    The Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica is responsible for the management and general administration of Parliament as well as for compliance with the rules of procedure. The speaker is chosen by the members of parliament at the first constituent session after a parliamentary election, whereby the speaker does not have to be an elected member of the House of Assembly beforehand . If a member of the House of Assembly is elected as speaker, he can only cast a casting vote to avoid a stalemate . If a person who was not previously a member of parliament is elected as speaker, he or she will become a member of the House of Assembly by election, but may not cast an original vote or a decisive vote to avoid a standoff.

    The current Speaker of the House of Assembly is Alix Boyd Knights , who has held this office since April 17, 2000, the longest term in Dominica's history .

    Speakers for the House of Assembly were:

    Official Beginning of the term of office Term expires
    George Winston January 1966 October 1970
    Eustace Francis October 1970 March 1977
    Frederick Degazon March 1977 December 1978
    Pershing Wadron January 21, 1979 June 19, 1979
    Eden Bowers June 19, 1979 August 1980
    Marie Davis-Pierre August 13, 1980 December 30, 1988
    Crispin Sorhaindo September 16, 1989 October 24, 1993
    Neva Edwards November 1, 1993 August 2, 1995
    Osborne Symes August 3, 1995 January 3, 2000
    Alix Boyd-Knights April 17, 2000 officiating

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ DOMINICA (House of Assembly) . In: IPU PARLINE database .
    2. ↑ Dominica's opposition leader Ron Green looses seat in ballot recount. In: The Dominican.net. December 19, 2009, accessed December 20, 2009 .
    3. ^ Commonwealth of Dominica: Election for House of Assembly, Dec. 8, 2014 . In: IFES Election Guide . Retrieved December 12, 2016.
    4. ↑ Dominica General Election Results - 6 December 2019 , accessed January 13, 2020.
    5. ↑ Dominica . In: places-of-power.or - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2016.

    Coordinates: 15 ° 17 ′ 45.5 "  N , 61 ° 23 ′ 10.3"  W.