List of Speakers of the House of Assembly of Dominica

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The Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica is responsible for the management and general administration of the House, ensuring that rules of procedure are followed. The Speaker is elected by the House of Assembly at its first sitting after a general election.

A member of the House who is elected as Speaker can only vote to break ties (a casting vote). If someone outside the membership of the House is elected as Speaker, they become a member, but cannot cast an original or casting vote.

Louis Cools-Lartigue, OBE, was Speaker of its predecessor, the Legislative Council.

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Name	Start	End
G. A. Winston
Eustace Francis
Fred Degazon	March 1977	December 1978
Pershing Waldron	January 21, 1979	June 19, 1979
Eden Bowers	June 19, 1979	August 1980
Marie Davis Pierre	August 13, 1980	December 29, 1988
Crispin Sorhaindo	September 16, 1989	October 24, 1993
Neva Edwards	November 1, 1993	August 2, 1995
F. Osborne G. Symes	August 3, 1995	April 16, 2000
Alix Boyd Knights	April 17, 2000	Incumbent

Sources

Vernanda Raymond, Clerk, House of Assembly (acting)
House of Assembly, Commonwealth of Dominica, retrieved 22 April 2010 .
Lawrence, Alick C., The Constitution, The Government & You, Pont Casse Press, pp. 40–41, ISBN 0-9737347-5-2

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