Ingrid Ann Buffonge | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat | |
Assumed office 2024 | |
In office 2014–2019 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | United Alliance (previously People's Democratic Movement) |
Ingrid Ann Buffonge is a politician from Montserrat who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat in two non-consecutive terms. She is regarded as one of Montserrat's top physicians. She works at Glendon Hospital in St. Johns. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Dorsette ran in the 2014 Montserratian general election as a member of the People's Democratic Movement,and was elected. She ran and lost in the 2019 Montserratian general election as an Independent. She was elected in the 2024 Montserratian general election as a member of the United Alliance. [5]
Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands,the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about 16 km (10 mi) long and 11 km (7 mi) wide,with roughly 40 km (25 mi) of coastline. It is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants. Montserrat is the only non-fully sovereign full member of the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States,though it is far from being the only dependency in the Caribbean overall.
Kieran Deeny is a medical doctor turned politician from Northern Ireland. Deeny was a Designated Other Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for West Tyrone (MLA) from 2003 to 2011,having run on a single issue ticket of retaining the Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh.
Reuben Theodore Meade is a politician from Montserrat who has served as the Premier of Montserrat since 2024. He previously served as the island's first Premier between 2011 and 2014 as well as Chief Minister between 1991 and 1996 and 2009 to 2011. A member of the United Alliance,he used to be part of the Movement for Change and Prosperity (MCAP). He previously led the now-defunct National Progressive Party.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Montserrat:
Music for Montserrat was a benefit concert held on 15 September 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall. The event was organised by Sir George Martin,former producer for The Beatles and founder of Associated Independent Recording,to raise funds for the Caribbean island of Montserrat after a major volcanic eruption by the Soufrière Hills volcano earlier that year.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat.
Sarah Georgina Tucker has served as governor of Montserrat since 6 April 2022.
Donaldson Romeo is a Montserratian politician. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly and served as the island's Premier from September 2014 until November 2019.
Sir Howard Archibald Fergus was a Montserratian author and historian. He was born at Long Ground in Montserrat. He attended Bethel Primary School,Montserrat Secondary School,Erdiston Teachers College in Barbados,the University College of the West Indies (London),the Universities of Bristol and Manchester,and finally the University of the West Indies (UWI),earning a PhD in 1978. He retired from the University in 2004 as Professor of Eastern Caribbean Studies.
Ellen Dolly Peters,BEM was an Afro-Montserratian teacher and trade unionist. Outspoken in her activism for improved conditions for workers,she was instrumental in the rise of William Bramble's political career and earned the title "king maker". For her contributions to labor,she was awarded the British Empire Medal and was awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice for her teaching and service to the Catholic Church.
Ingrid Marieke Leary is a New Zealand politician. In 2020 she was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party.
Margaret Rose Kelsick was a Montserratian politician. In 1961 she became the first woman to be elected to the Legislative Council.
Yvonne Weekes is a British-born Montserratian writer,theater director,and educator. She was Montserrat's first director of culture before being forced to move to Barbados during the eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano in the 1990s. Her work deals with issues of displacement and isolation due to environmental and cultural forces beyond our control.
Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood is a Northern Irish politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lagan Valley since 2024. A member of the Alliance Party,she previously served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2022 until her election to the House of Commons in 2024.
Margaret (Annie) Dyer-Howe was a Montserratian politician and businesswoman,who was the second woman to be appointed as a government minister in the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat. She held a number of ministries during her two periods as an elected representative,including as Minister for Education and Social Affairs,Minister for Trade,Agriculture,Lands,Housing and the Environment and Minister of Finance. She also co-founded the Montserrat Labour Party.
Adelina E. Tuitt is a Montserratian politician who served in the Legislative Council of Montserrat from 1996 until 2001. She was the territory's Minister of Health,Education,and Community Services,in the wake of the volcanic eruptions of the 1990s,which devastated the southern half of the island. A member of the Movement for National Reconstruction party,Tuitt represented the Eastern constituency.
The United Alliance (UA) is a political party in Montserrat.
Veronica Dorsette-Hector is a politician from Montserrat who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat since 2019. She was the parliamentary secretary. She switched political parties in 2023,from Movement for Change and Prosperity to United Alliance. The same day,she resigned from being the parliamentary secretary.
Dwayne Hixon is a politician from Montserrat who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat since 2024. Outside of politics,he is a real estate agent. He will soon become the Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture,Lands,Housing,Environment and Sports.
Nyota Mulcare is a politician from Montserrat who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat since 2024. She is a member of the opposition,being a member of the minority party People's Democratic Movement.