The first written records in the history of Dominica began in November 1493,when Christopher Columbus spotted the island. Prior to European contact,Dominica was inhabited by the Arawak. Dominica was a French colony from 1715 until the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763,and then became a British colony from 1763 to 1978. It became an independent nation in 1978.
Roosevelt Bernard "Rosie" Douglas was a politician and human rights activist from Dominica. He served as Prime Minister of Dominica from February 2000 until his death in office eight months later.
Pierre Charles was a Dominican politician who served as Prime Minister of Dominica from 2000 to his death in 2004. At the time of his death,he was also serving as Member of Parliament for Grand Bay since 1985.
Patrick Roland John was the first Prime Minister of Dominica as well as its last Premier. He led Dominica to independence from the United Kingdom. He was leader of the Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union and mayor of Roseau before being elected to the legislature in 1970. He became Premier in 1974 following the resignation of Edward Oliver LeBlanc. After mass protest forced him to resign,John unsuccessfully attempted in 1981 to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Eugenia Charles with the backing of white supremacist groups. As a result,he was jailed for twelve years,of which he served five years.
Edward Oliver LeBlanc was a Dominican politician who served as the chief minister from January 1961 to 1 March 1967 and as the first premier from 1 March 1967 to 27 July 1974. Born in Vieille Case,a village in the north of the island,LeBlanc attended the local school and studied agriculture at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad. He worked in the civil service and became a member of the Dominica Trade Union. An early member of the Dominica Labour Party (DLP),he served as a representative in the country's Legislative Council representing the constituency of Portsmouth between 1957 and 1958,and as a representative of Dominica in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation upon its foundation in 1958. LeBlanc left the federation in 1960 to run for election to the national legislature.
Elections in Dominica have been taking place since 1832. Dominica elects on national level a legislature. The House of Assembly has 32 members,21 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies,9 appointed senators,the Speaker and 1 ex officio member. A head of state—the president—is elected by the House of Assembly.
The Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) is a conservative political party in Dominica. It shares much of the same socially and economically conservative principles as the Conservative Party in the UK. The party has been led by Bernard Hurtault since 2021.
The Dominica Labour Party is a centre-left social-democratic political party in Dominica.
The United Workers' Party is a centrist political party in Dominica. As of the 2022 general election,the party is not represented in the House of Assembly of Dominica,after boycotting the general election. The past Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly is Lennox Linton.
Mary Eugenia Charles was a Dominican politician who was Prime Minister of Dominica from 21 July 1980 until 14 June 1995. The first female lawyer in Dominica,she was Dominica's first,and to date only,female prime minister. She was the second female prime minister in the Caribbean after Lucina da Costa of the Netherlands Antilles. She was the first female in the Americas to be elected in her own right as head of government. She served for the second longest period of any Dominican prime minister,and was the world's fourth longest-serving female prime minister,behind Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh,Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka and Indira Gandhi of India.
General elections were held in Dominica on 5 May 2005. The result was a victory for the ruling Dominica Labour Party,which won 12 of the 21 seats in the House of Assembly. The opposition United Workers' Party unsuccessfully made legal challenges to several of the constituency results.
Dominica,officially the Commonwealth of Dominica,is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital,Roseau,is located on the western side of the island. Dominica's closest neighbours are two constituent territories of the European Union,the overseas departments of France,Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast. Dominica comprises a land area of 750 km2 (290 sq mi),and the highest point is Morne Diablotins,at 1,447 m (4,747 ft) in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census.
The Cabinet of Dominica is appointed by the President of Dominica acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister of Dominica.
Alvin Bernard is a Dominican economist and politician in the Dominica Labour Party. He has served in the House of Assembly since 2010.
General elections were held in Dominica on 6 December 2019. The elections were constitutionally due by March 2020,but had been widely expected to take place before the end of 2019. The result was a landslide victory for the ruling Dominica Labour Party,which won 18 of the 21 elected seats,gaining three seats. With the DLP winning a fifth consecutive election,DLP leader Roosevelt Skerrit remained Prime Minister.
Gretta Roberts, sometimes spelled Greta Roberts,is a Dominican educator and politician. She is currently a member of the Cabinet of Dominica,serving as minister of culture,youth,sports,and community development.
Snap general elections were held in Dominica on 6 December 2022. Boycotted by the opposition United Workers' Party (UWP) and Dominica Freedom Party (DFP),the ruling Dominica Labour Party led by Roosevelt Skerrit,who had been prime minister since 2004,retained its supermajority in the House of Assembly by winning 19 of the 21 elected seats. Turnout was low at only 32%,the first time in Dominican history that less than half of eligible voters participated in a general election.
Nicholson Alexander Nathaniel Ducreay was a Dominican politician.
Charles Maynard was a Dominican politician and cabinet minister from Dominica Freedom Party.
