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Her Majesty's Government of the Virgin Islands is the democratically elected government of the British Overseas Territory of the British Virgin Islands. It is regulated by the Constitution of the British Virgin Islands.
Elections in the British Virgin Islands are conducted to elect members to the House of Assembly. In the British Virgin Islands elections are not conducted in relation to appointments to either the Executive or Judicial branches of Government,and there are no other publicly elected posts in the British Virgin Islands. Most elections are conducted as general elections,which under the Constitution are required to be held every four years,or as by-elections when a member of the House of Assembly dies or steps down. Since the re-introduction of democracy into the British Virgin Islands in 1950 there have been fifteen general elections,and three recorded by-elections. The last election was held on 25 February June 2019.
Tortola is the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands,a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It has a surface area of 55.7 square kilometres with a total population of 23,908,with 9,400 residents in Road Town. Mount Sage is its highest point at 530 metres above sea level.
The House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands,until 2007 known as the Legislative Council,has 15 members:13 directly elected for four-year terms,and two ex officio members.
Ruth Dancia Penn,is a British Virgin Islands politician and former Deputy Governor of the British Virgin Islands from 20 September 2004 to 1 April 2007. She also formerly served as the Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands from 1992 to 1999.
"Oh,Beautiful Virgin Islands" is the official territorial song of the Virgin Islands. The song was composed by brother and sister team Kareem Nelson Hull and Ayana Hull,both Virgin Islanders. It was adopted as the territorial song by resolution of the House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands on 24 July 2012. As a British Overseas Territory,the Virgin Islands retains "God Save the Queen" as its official national anthem.
Edna Moyle OBE was a Caymanian politician who served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of North Side from 1992 to 2009,including a tenure the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands from May 2005 until May 2009.
Howard Reynold Penn OBE (1903–1994),more commonly known simply as H.R. Penn,was a politician who served during the years immediately after the reintroduction of democracy in the British Virgin Islands in 1950. He was elected as a member of First Legislative Council and continued to serve until his defeat in the 1963 general election.
Isaac Glanville Fonseca was one of the early political figures in the British Virgin Islands around the time of the restoration of democracy in 1950. Fonseca was one of the community leaders who participated in the "march of 1949" and later went on to become one of the longest serving legislators in the British Virgin Islands,winning a total of six general elections before retiring from politics.
General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 25 February 2019. For the first time,four parties with at least one incumbent member were contesting an election.
Dr. Kedrick Pickering is the former Deputy Premier of the Virgin Islands,also known as the British Virgin Islands. He also serves as the territory's Minister of Natural Resources and Labour. He is a member of the House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands and of the National Democratic Party.
Ingrid A. Moses-Scatliffe is a lawyer and politician in the British Virgin Islands. She has served as Speaker of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands since December 2011.
Eileene Lucia Parsons OBE is a former British Virgin Islands Government Minister. She was one of the first woman ministers and the first deputy speaker of that government. In local press she is frequently referred to as being a "cultural icon" for her work with the BVI Heritage Dance Company and other local cultural groups.
Andrew Alturo Fahie is a British Virgin Islands politician who served as Premier of the British Virgin Islands from 2019 to 2022. He was also the chairman of the Virgin Islands Party in the British Virgin Islands from 2016 to 2022.
Ethlyn Smith was a civil servant from the British Virgin Islands,who became one of the first two women elected to the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands. After a career of more than two decades as an accountant and public administrator in the civil service of the British Virgin Islands,Smith retired and entered politics. She contested her first election in 1995 as an independent,winning the 5th District. She was reelected to the post in 1999,serving until her defeat in the 2003 elections.
Rosalie Louise Adams, OBE served as Acting Governor of the British Virgin Islands under a dormant commission that was invoked in 2017. She had previously served as Deputy Governor of the British Virgin Islands. She also served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Social Development,Permanent Secretary,Ministry of Communications and Works,Permanent Secretary,Premier's Office and Interim Acting Permanent Secretary in the Premier's Office at various times.
Jennie N. WheatleyMBE is a writer and historian from the British Virgin Islands. A long-standing member of the country's intellectual community,she has worked to preserve and share the islands' history and culture.
Delores Christopher was a British Virgin Islands politician and businesswoman. She was the third woman elected to the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands. She was first elected in the 2003 general election as a representative for the Fifth District on behalf of the National Democratic Party,and subsequently served from 2011 until her death in 2018.
Shereen D. Flax-Charles is a British Virgin Islands politician. She is an At-large representative for the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands,a position that she has held since the 2019 general election. She is the current Junior Minister for Trade and Economic Development.
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