List of Speakers of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands


List of Speakers and Deputy Speakers of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands.
Speakers are traditionally appointed from outside the House. The Deputy Speaker is normally a former elected member of the House, and only exercises function when the Speaker is not available.
Eight people have served as Speaker; six men and two women. Three of the Speakers also served in the Legislative as elected representatives before or after their time as Speaker. The longest serving Speaker, by some distance, was Keith L. Flax who served 14 years in the Legislative Council. No other person has served longer than eight years. However, prior to the introduction of Ministerial government in 1967, Henry Creque also served as "Clerk" to the Legislative Council. If one includes that period, then the aggregate period served by Henry Creque is 21 years, which is considerably longer.

Speakers of the House

SpeakerDate of appointmentDate of completionStyle
Henry O. Creque, OBE19671971Legislative Council
H.R. Penn, MBE8 July 19711975Legislative Council
Ivan Dawson19751983Legislative Council
Keith L. Flax19831997Legislative Council
Reuben W. Vanterpool19972003Legislative Council
V. Inez Archibald20032007Legislative Council
Roy Harrigan14 September 200713 September 2011House of Assembly
Ingrid Moses-Scatliffe8 December 2011IncumbentHouse of Assembly

Deputy Speakers of the House

Deputy SpeakerDate of appointmentDate of completionStyle
Ivan Dawson19711975Legislative Council
Leopold E. Smith19751978Legislative Council
Omar Hodge19791983Legislative Council
Earl P. Fraser19831986Legislative Council
Terrance B. Lettsome19861990Legislative Council
Oliver Cills19901995Legislative Council
Reeial George199516 June 2003Legislative Council
Eileene L. ParsonsJuly 20032005Legislative Council
Delores Christopher20052007Legislative Council
Keith L. Flax20072011House of Assembly
Delores Christopher8 December 2011IncumbentHouse of Assembly

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