Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica


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. 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 the speaker of its predecessor, the Legislative Council until 1967.
NameTook OfficeLeft OfficeNotes
Louis Cools-LartigueJanuary 19671968
George Austin Winston19681970
Eustace Hazelwood FrancisOctober 1970March 1977
Fred DegazonMarch 1977December 1978
Pershing Waldron21 January 197919 June 1979
Eden Bowers19 June 1979August 1980
Marie Davis Pierre13 August 198029 December 1988
Crispin Sorhaindo16 September 198924 October 1993
Neva Edwards1 November 19932 August 1995
F. Osborne G. Symes3 August 199516 April 2000
Alix Boyd Knights17 April 200010 February 2020
Joseph Isaac10 February 2020Incumbent