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ARIMA The Honourable
Pennelope Beckles, MP Minister of Housing and Urban Development PNM 37 Pro Queen St , Arima Email: arima@ttparliament.org |
Ms. Pennelope Beckles most recently served as the leader of Opposition Business in the Senate in the 10th Parliament between June 2010 and December 2013.
Ms. Beckles first entered Parliament in 1995 as an Opposition Senator. She then served as the representative for the constituency of Arima between 2000 and 2010. Ms. Beckles held various portfolios, having been Minister of Social Development, Minister of Culture and Tourism, as well as Minister of Public Utilities and the Environment.
Ms. Beckles was elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives on December 17, 2007 at the Ceremonial Opening of the 1st Session of the 9th Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. An attorney-at-law by profession, Ms. Beckles is the first woman to have ever been elected Deputy Speaker in the history of the Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
A past student of St. Raphael's Grade School and a graduate of St Joseph's Convent, San Fernando, Ms. Beckles pursued her tertiary level education at the University of the West Indies, attending both the St. Augustine and Cave Hill campuses where she graduated with honours. She then moved on to the Hugh Wooding Law School where she obtained her L.E.C, Ms. Beckles is attached to the Chambers of Theodore R Guerra, S.C. & Associates.
Not only is Ms. Beckles a resident of Arima, but her deep involvement in two of the area’s community organizations, namely the Arima Foundation for the Advancement of Women and Children and the Santa Rosa Heights Community Group, exemplify her commitment to the future of her community.
Outside of her Parliamentary and Ministerial portfolios, Ms. Beckles' political experience includes Vice Chairmanship of the Arima Constituency Group, Membership of the PNM's General Council, and serving as Public Relations Officer of the National Women's League.
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AROUCA/MALONEY The Honourable
Camille Robinson-Regis, MP Minister of Planning and Development No. 67 Eastern Main Road, Five Rivers, Arouca |
Mrs. Camille Robinson-Regis
is an attorney-at-law who first entered Parliament when she was appointed to
the Senate in 1992, holding the portfolios of Minister of Information from
1992 to 1994 and Minister of Consumer Affairs from 1994 to 1995. She also was
elected as the member for Arouca South in the House
of Representatives between 1995 and 2007, first as an Opposition Member between 1995 to 2001, and in several Ministerial
portfolios between 2001 and 2007. She would again serve as an Opposition
Senator between 2013 and 2015 before again being elected to the House of
Representative in September 2015, this time as the member for Arouca/Maloney. Maiden Contribution |
BARATARIA/SAN
JUAN Saddam Hosein,
MP #5 Bhagoutie Trace, Barataria, San Juan |
Mr. Saddam Hosein was first appointed a Senator on September 29, 2017 at the start of the 3rd Session of the 11th Republican Parliament. Maiden Contribution The Senate - Tuesday October 24, 2017 - link
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CARONI
CENTRAL
Dr. Arnold
Ram, MP Lot B, Corner Nelson & Mission Road, Freeport |
Mr. Arnold Ram was first appointed a Temporary Government Senator in January 2012. He was elected to the House of Representatives as the Member for Caroni Central in the 12th Republican Parliament. Maiden Contribution The House of Representatives - Monday October 12, 2020 - link |
CARONI
EAST
Malibu Park, Southern Main Road, Cunupia Email: |
Dr. Rishad Seecheran was first elected to the House of Representatives in the 12th Republican Parliament. Maiden Contribution The House of Representatives - Friday October 9, 2020 - link
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CHAGUANAS
EAST
Ms. Vandana
Mohit, MP #39, Corner Grand Central & Rodney
Road, Chaguanas |
Ms. Vandana Mohit first entered Parliament as the elected Member for Chaguanas East in the 12th Republican Parliament. Maiden Contribution The House of Representatives - Monday October 12, 2020 - link
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CHAGUANAS WEST
Mr. Dinesh Rambally, MP 185 Caroni Savannah Road, Charlieville, Chaguanas |
Mr. Dinesh Rambally first entered Parliament as the elected representative for Chaguanas West in the 12th Republican Parliament. Maiden Contribution The House of Representatives - Friday August 28, 2020 - link
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COUVA NORTH
LP# 436 Southern Main Road, Chase Village
, Carapichaima Email: couvan@ttparliament.org |
Mr. Ravi Ratiram was first appointed a Temporary Government Senator during the 10th Republican Parliament. He was elected to the House of Representatives as the Member for Couva North in the 12th Republican Parliament. Maiden Contribution The Senate - Tuesday September 21, 2010 - link |
COUVA
SOUTH
Government Quarters, #13 Camden, Couva Phone: 1 (868) 636-4143 |
Mr. Rudranath Indarsingh
was re-elected to represent the constituents of Couva
South on Monday September 7, 2015. He was first elected to the same
constituency on May 24, 2010, following the General Election for the 10th
Republican Parliament. Mr. Indarsingh previously served as an
Opposition Senator on one occasion during the 8th Republican Parliament,
during which he participated in the Budget Debate of 2002. Maiden Contribution The Senate - Tuesday October 29, 2002 |
CUMUTO/MANZANILLA
Dr. Rai Ragbir,
MP Corner Eastern Main Road & Guaico Tamana Road,Sangre Grande |
Dr. Rai Ragbir was elected to the House of Representatives in the 12th Republican Parliament as the Member for Cumuto/Manzanilla. Dr. Ragbir is a medical practitioner who received his MMBS Diploma from the University of the West Indies in 1990 and, in 1993, attained his Post Graduate Diploma in General Practice, a Diploma from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a diploma from the Faculty of Family Planning in the United Kingdom.
Dr. Ragbir has served as the Primary Care Manager at the North West Regional Health Authority from 1999 to 2003, and later served as Chairman of the Board of the Community Improved Services Limited from 2011 to 2012. Dr. Ragbir was also Director of the board of the Environmental Management Authority from 2012 to 2015.
Dr. Ragbir operates his own private practice in the Chaguanas area and is the founder of the Rai Heart Foundation, an NGO that focuses on charity work.
Maiden Contribution The House of Representatives - Friday October 9, 2020 - link
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D'ABADIE/O'MEARA
Corner Second Street and Tumpuna Road, Arima |
Ms. Lisa Morris-Julian was first elected to the House of Representatives in the 12th Republican Parliament as the Member for Arima. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Friday October 9, 2020 - link
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DIEGO
MARTIN CENTRAL
#1 Orchid Drive, Morne
Coco Road, Petit Valley |
Mr. Symon de Nobriga first entered Parliament as the representative for Diego Martin Central in the 12th Republican Parliament. He was appointed Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Monday October 12, 2020 - link
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DIEGO
MARTIN NORTH EAST
#1B Morne Coco
Road, Maraval |
On September 7, 2015, Mr. Colm Imbert was re-elected for the eighth time to the House of
Representatives as the Member for Diego Martin North/East in the 11th
Republican Parliament. As of January 2017, he has served as an elected PNM
Member of Parliament for over 25 continuous years and as a Cabinet Minister
in five PNM Governments for an aggregate of almost 14 years. For over thirty-five years, Mr. Imbert has also
been serving Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean Region in his original
profession of Engineering. Immediately following graduation, with Honours, from the University of the West Indies, St.
Augustine campus in 1979 he worked on a number of projects within the
Caribbean Region as a Consulting Civil Engineer. While developing his
practice and gaining experience he successfully pursued a Masters
Degree in Maritime Civil Engineering from the University of Manchester,
England and was formally registered as an engineer in Trinidad and Tobago in
1986. Mr. Imbert then transitioned into the academic
world and lectured in Construction Management at the St. Augustine Campus of
the University of the West Indies from 1985 to 1991. He also worked as a
specialist consultant from 1990 to 1991 for the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Sea Defences
for the Government of Guyana. In 1991, Mr. Imbert entered public life as a
Member of Parliament and a Cabinet Minister with responsibility for the
Ministry of Works and Transport and Local Government, until 1995 when he
became a member of the Opposition. During the period 1995 to 2001 Mr. Imbert
focused on the application of his knowledge and skills in Engineering as a
Property Developer and Project Manager throughout the Caribbean Region.
During his fourth, fifth and sixth terms as a Member of Parliament, from 2001
to 2010, he once again served in the Cabinet as Minister of Health and
Minister of Science and Technology until he again resumed responsibility for
the portfolio of the Ministry of Works and Transport. After the General Election of 2007, Mr. Imbert
took on the additional responsibility of Leader of the House and continued to
build on his past performance in the Ministry of Works and Transport in
development of the country's infrastructure. In 2010, in his seventh term as
an MP, he went into Opposition for the third time, where he served as the
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament. In September 2015, when the PNM once again regained the Government, Mr. Imbert was appointed Minister of Finance, returning as an
MP for the eighth time and a Cabinet Minister for the fifth time. Professionally, Mr. Imbert is a member of the
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Energy Institute. In recent years,
he has expanded his knowledge base from engineering into law and taxation. In
2007, he attained a Master of Laws Degree in Construction Law and Arbitration
with Distinction, and in 2016, he attained his third Master's Degree, this
time in Oil and Gas Law, again with Distinction, with a specialization in
Fiscal Regimes and Oil Taxation. Both of his specialized law degrees are from
the Aberdeen Business School. Maiden Contribution |
DIEGO
MARTIN WEST
Cor. Western Main Road and #1 La Horquette Valley Road, Glencoe Email: diegomartinw@ttparliament.org |
Dr. Keith Rowley
was re-elected to the House of Representatives of the 11th Parliament on September
7, 2015 and two days later was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago, the 7th person to hold this office. A geologist by
training, Dr. Rowley has been the representative for Diego Martin West since
1991. A former pupil
of Bishop's High School, Tobago and a graduate of the University of the West
Indies (Mona), Dr. Rowley first served in Parliament as an Opposition Senator
from 1987-1990 (3rd Parliament), was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Land
and Marine Resources (4th Parliament), Minister of Planning and Development
and Minister of Housing (8th Parliament) and Minister of Trade and Industry
(9th Parliament). Dr. Rowley received his instrument of appointment as Leader
of the Opposition on June 1, 2010, following the General Election for the
10th Republican Parliament. Over his
Parliamentary career, Dr. Rowley has served on several Parliamentary
committees. In 2004 he chaired the Joint Select Committee of Parliament which
examined and made recommendations for the live broadcasting of Parliamentary
debates. Adapted
from the website of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, www.tradeind.gov.tt
Maiden Contribution |
FYZABAD
Government Quarters, Unity Court, Fyzabad |
Dr. Lackram Bodoe
first entered Parliament as the elected Member for Fyzabad
in the 11th Republican Parliament. Dr. Bodoe is a medical practitioner. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Monday
October 12, 2015 - link |
LA
BREA
#944, Southern Main Road, Three Hands Main Road, La Brea |
Mr. Stephen Mc Clashie first entered Parliament as the elected representative for La Brea in the 12th Republican Parliament. He was appointed Minister of Labour. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Monday October 12, 2020 - link
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LA
HORQUETTA/TALPARO
#79 Tumpuna Road, Guanapo, Arima Phone: 1
(868) 227-4310 Email: lahorquettatalparo@ttparliament.org |
Mr. Foster Cummings was first appointed a Government Senator (Temporary) in January 2008. Maiden Contribution
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LAVENTILLE
EAST/MORVANT
Lot #10 Cajuca
Street, Morvant Phone: 1
(868) 626-0911 |
Mr. Adrian
Leonce first entered Parliament as the elected representative for Laventille East/Morvant,
following the General Election of September 7, 2015. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Friday October 9, 2015 - link |
LAVENTILLE
WEST
LP#98 Cor. Picton
and Laventille Road, Laventille Phone: 1
(868) 627-2087 |
On Monday September 7, 2015 Mr. Fitzgerald Ethelbert Hinds was re-elected
to the House of Representatives as the Member of Parliament for Laventille
West in the 11th Parliament. Mr. Hinds was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1995, and
served for 12 years as the Member for Laventille East/Morvant. An
attorney-at-law by profession, Mr. Hinds first served in Opposition between
1995 and 2001. During the 8th Republican Parliament (2002-2007), Mr. Hinds
served as Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security and the
Ministry of Trade and Industry. Mr. Hinds would be appointed an Opposition
Senator in the 10th Parliament. During his tenure, Mr. Hinds served as a Member of several Committees and
also chaired the Public Accounts (Enterprises) Committee and the Joint Select
Committee on National Security. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Friday
December 8, 1995 |
LOPINOT/BONAIR
WEST
#127 Eastern Main Road, Tacarigua Phone: 1
(868) 640-4347 Email: lopbonairw@ttparliament.org |
Mr. Marvin Gonzales first entered Parliament as the elected representative for Lopinot/Bon Air West in the 12th Republican Parliament. He was appointed Minister of Public Utilities. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Monday October 12, 2020 - link
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MAYARO
No. 1285 Corner Grant Street Junction, Tabaquite Road, Rio Claro Phone: 1
(868) 223-9218 Email: mayaro@ttparliament.org |
Mr. Rushton Paray first entered Parliament as the
representative for Mayaro, following the General
Election of September 7, 2015. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Tuesday
October 13, 2015 - link |
MORUGA/TABLELAND
#4 Petit Cafe, Indian Walk, Princes Town Phone: 1
(868) 655-1958 Email: morugatableland@ttparliament.org |
Ms. Michelle Benjamin was elected to the House of Representatives in the 12th Republican Parliament as the representative for Moruga/Tableland. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Monday October 12, 2020 - link
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NAPARIMA
#29 Manahambre
Road, Cedar Hill, Princes Town Phone: 1
(868) 655-2363 Email: naparima@ttparliament.org |
Mr. Rodney Charles first entered Parliament as the representative for Naparima, following the General Election of Monday
September 7, 2015. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Saturday
October 10, 2015 - link |
OROPOUCHE
EAST
Debe Junction, S.S. Erin Road, Debe |
Dr. Roodal Moonilal was appointed
Minister of Housing and the Environment on May 28, 2010 following the General
Election of May 24th. Dr. Moonilal is the Member of Parliament for the constituency
of Oropouche East. From 2002 to 2007 he served as
Member for Oropouche. Prior to this Dr. Moonilal was a Government Senator during the 6th
Parliament, serving as Minister in the Ministry of Labour, Manpower
Development and Industrial Relations and briefly as Minister of
Communications and Information Technology. Dr. Moonilal
served as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in the 9th
Republican Parliament (2007-2010). Dr. Moonilal was born on December 2, 1966. He possesses a
B.Sc. Degree (Hons.) in Government from the University of the West Indies
(UWI), St. Augustine, an LLB degree in law from the University of London, a
Master of Arts Degree in Labour and Development and a Ph.D. in Development
Studies from the Government of the Netherlands Institute of Social Studies,
The Hague, where he specialized in Industrialization, Labour Relations and
Urban Employment. His thesis received the first cum laude distinction in the
history of the Ph.D. program at the Institute of Social Studies. Dr. Moonilal was a part-time tutor in Politics at UWI
(1988-91, 1993-94, 1996), worked as Head of the Department of Education,
Research and Training, All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers Trade Union
(1989-91, 1993-95) and was a Teaching and Research Assistant (TRA) Institute
of Social Studies, The Hague (1995, 1997-98). He was also Advisor to
ATS/GWTU (1999), served as Industrial Relations Consultant/Advisor to the
North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA), Port-of-Spain (1999-2000),
lectured part-time at UWI, St. Augustine (1999-2000) and was Lecturer,
Institute of Social Studies; Holland (May-June 2000). In 1999, he was
Director, Policy Monitoring Unit, Office of the
Prime Minister. Dr. Moonilal lectured in the areas of Industrial Relations
and Human Resource Management (HRM) at the UWI, St. Augustine and worked as
an Industrial Relations consultant in Trinidad and Tobago and the wider
Caribbean. adapted
from the website of the National Library and Information Services , www.nalis.gov.tt Maiden Contribution |
OROPOUCHE
WEST
#1280-1282 S.S Erin Road, Batchiya
Village, Penal |
Mr. Davendranath Tancoo first entered Parliament as the elected Member of Parliament for Oropouche. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Tuesday October 13, 2020 - link
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POINT
FORTIN
No. 8-10 Techier Main Road, Point-Fortin Phone: 1
(868) 648-1086 |
Mr. Kennedy Richards first entered Parliament as the elected representative for Point Fortin in the 12th Republican Parliament. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Tuesday October 13, 2020 - link
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POINTE-A-PIERRE
#270 Union Village, Hermitage Road,
Claxton Bay |
Mr. David Lee first entered Parliament as the representative for
Pointe-a-Pierre in the 11th Republican Parliament. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Friday
October 9, 2015 - link |
PORT-OF-SPAIN
NORTH/ST. ANNS WEST
Minister of National Security #29 Observatory Street, Port-of-Spain |
Mr. Stuart
Richard Young first served as a Temporary Opposition Senator during the 4th
Session of the 10th Republican Parliament. In September of 2015, he became
the democratically elected Member of Parliament for Port-of-Spain North/St.
Ann's West in the 11th Parliament, and on September 11, 2015, was also
appointed Minister in the Ministry of Attorney General and Legal Affairs. Mr. Young has
been a practicing attorney since 1998 and has been admitted to the bar in
Trinidad and Tobago, London, the Commonwealth of Dominica and Antigua and
Barbuda. A graduate of
the University of Nottingham, Mr. Young has acquired a wealth of experience
in civil, commercial, banking, insurance law, industrial relations, public
law and constitutional law and election petitions having dealt with many
complex litigation matters. He has appeared as Counsel in Commissions of
Enquiry, including the Piarco Commission of Enquiry, the Commission of
Enquiry into the Construction Sector and the Commission of Enquiry into the
Hindu Credit Union and CL Financial. He is a member
of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn in the
United Kingdom, and is a founding member of Synergy TV and WI Sports TV
stations. He also sits on a number of Boards of private companies. A graduate of St
Mary's College, Mr. Young is a sport enthusiast who has competed in
triathlons, has a black belt in Shotokan karate and has played many sports at
competitive levels, including, rugby and cricket. Maiden Contribution
The Senate - Tuesday March 18, 2014 - link |
PORT-OF-SPAIN
SOUTH
#70 Piccadilly Street, East Dry River,
Port-of-Spain |
Mr. Keith Scotland first entered Parliament as the elected representative for Port-of-Spain South in the 12th Republican Parliament. Mr. Scotland is an attorney-at-law.
The House of Representatives - Monday October 12, 2020 - link |
PRINCES
TOWN
#162 Craignish
Village, Princes Town |
Mr. Barry Padarath was first elected to the House of
Representatives on September 7, 2015 as a Member of the 11th Republican
Parliament. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Saturday October 10, 2015 - link |
SAN
FERNANDO EAST
No. 10 Navet
Road, San Fernando Phone: 1
(868) 653-9436 |
Mr. Brian Manning was elected to the House of Representatives in the 12th Republican Parliament. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Monday October 12, 2020 - link
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SAN
FERNANDO WEST
50 Independence
Avenue, San Fernando |
Mr. Faris Al-Rawi obtained his
Bachelor of Laws with honours from the University
of the West Indies and his Masters of Laws in Intellectual Property,
Information Technology and Alternative Dispute Resolution from King's College
London, University of London. He attended the Hugh Wooding Law School
where he obtained the Certificate of Legal Education. He was admitted
to practice law in Trinidad and Tobago in 1996. Maiden Contribution
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SIPARIA
Penal Junction, Penal Email: siparia@ttparliament.org |
Kamla
Persad-Bissessar was born on the 22nd of April,
1952. As a little girl she was always interested in reading novels and was
intrigued by the developing technologies of the time. Mrs. Persad-Bissessar graduated from Iere
High School and went on to further her studies at the University of the West
Indies, Norwood Technical College (England,) and the Hugh Wooding Law School.
Consequently, she was awarded a B.A. (Hons.), a Diploma in Education, a B.A.
of Laws (Hons.) and a Legal Education Certificate. In 2006 she obtained an
Executive Masters in Business Administration (EMBA) from the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, Trinidad. On Tuesday May 26, 2010, two days after a victory at the polls, Mrs.
Persad-Bissessar created history yet again,
becoming the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of the Republic
of Trinidad and Tobago. She would again win the Siparia
seat at the 2015 General Election, this time serving in Opposition. Mrs. Persad-Bissessar is married to Dr. Gregory
Bissessar and has one son. Maiden Contribution
The Senate - Tuesday November 1, 1994 |
ST.
ANN'S EAST
Corner of Bagattelle Road and Saddle Road, San Juan Phone: 1
(868) 674-9077 Email: stannseast@ttparliament.org |
Dr. Nyan
Elizabeth Gadsby Dolly first entered Parliament as
the representative for St. Ann's East, following the General Election of
September 7, 2015. She was appointed Minister of Community Development,
Culture and the Arts on September 11, 2015. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Friday October 9, 2015 - link |
ST.
AUGUSTINE
#1 Railway Road, Tunapuna |
Ms. Khadijah Ameen was appointed an Opposition Senator on Wednesday September 23, 2015, at the start of the 11th Republican Parliament. Ms. Ameen previously served as the Chairman of the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation. Maiden Contribution
The Senate - Tuesday October 20, 2015 - link |
ST.
JOSEPH
81 First Avenue , Mount Lambert Phone: 1
(868) 223-7413 |
Mr. Terrence
Deyalsingh was re-elected to the House of Representatives on September 7,
2015, following a general election. He was appointed Minister of Health on
September 11, 2015. Mr. Deyalsingh
first served as a Temporary Opposition Senator during the 10th Republican
Parliament. He was appointed a Senator on November 2, 2010 and served until
October 14, 2013, when he accepted the nomination to contest the St. Joseph
constituency in a by-election, which he won on Monday November 4, 2013. Maiden Contribution |
TABAQUITE
#81 Bonne Aventure
Road, Gasparillo Phone: 1
(868) 650-3138 Email: tabaquite@ttparliament.org |
Ms. Anita Haynes was first appointed a Senator on September 29, 2017 at the start of the 3rd Session of the 11th Republican Parliament. Maiden Contribution The Senate - Tuesday October 24, 2017 - link
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TOBAGO
EAST
Corner North Side and Les Coteaux
Road, Mason Hall, Tobago |
Ms. Ayanna
Webster-Roy first entered Parliament as the elected representative for Tobago
East, following the General Election of September 7, 2015. On September 11,
2015 she was appointed Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Saturday October 10, 2015 - link |
TOBAGO
WEST
44 Orange Hill Road, Spring Gardens,
Tobago Phone: 1
(868) 639-5099 |
Ms. Shamfa Cudjoe was elected to represent the constituency of Tobago
West as a member of the 11th Parliament, following the General Election of
September 7, 2015. She was appointed Minister of Tourism on September 11,
2015. Ms. Cudjoe first entered Parliament as an Opposition Senator on June 18,
2010, at the start of the 10th Republican Parliament. Maiden Contribution
The Senate - Tuesday July 6, 2010 - Link |
TOCO/SANGRE
GRANDE
LP #14 Toco Main Road, Sangre Grande Email: tocogrande@ttparliament.org |
Mr. Roger Monroe first entered Parliament as the representative for Toco/Sangre Grande in the 12th Republican Parliament. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Tuesday October 13, 2020 - link
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TUNAPUNA
Corner Eastern Main Road and Caura Royal Road, El Dorado, Tunapuna Phone: 1
(868) 645-1929 |
Mr. Esmond Forde first entered Parliament as the successful candidate for
Tunapuna following the General Election of September 7, 2015. Mr. Forde is Tunapuna-born and bred, having attended Tunapuna Anglican
School and subsequently Hillview College and St. Augustine Secondary School.
He later earned Certificates in Mass Media and Communications and Photography
from the U.W.I. School of Continuing Studies and a Certificate in Marketing
and Public Relations from the L.C.C.I. Mr. Forde's working career began in 1983 with the National Insurance
Board where he held several positions, including that of Public Relations
Officer - Education and Publicity, until 1994. From 1995 he held a number of
management positions at the Neal and Massy Group attached to Automotive
Components Limited, until his elevation to Manager of the Services Division.
A position he held for seven (7) years until 2007. From 2007 to 2013, Mr.
Forde held management positions at other business enterprises in Trinidad. In April of 2013, Mr. Forde resigned his position as Export Sales
Executive at Lensyl Products Limited, a post he held for three (3) years. He
is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Telecommunications
Authority of Trinidad and Tobago and the Eastern Credit Union where he also
served as chairman of the Credit Committee. Mr. Forde previously served as Chairman of the Men's Ministry of the
Reformation Life Centre Full Gospel Church for eight (8) years and serves on
the executive of the Tunapuna Evangelical Association of Ministers in his
hometown of Tunapuna. Mr. Forde previously served for five (5) years as a local government
Councillor and as Vice-Chairman of the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation
for two (2) years. Maiden Contribution
The House of Representatives - Tuesday
October 13, 2015 - link |