Marisa Colleen Dalrymple-Philibert | |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
In office 15 September 2020 –21 September 2023 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Governor General | Sir Patrick Allen |
Prime Minister | Andrew Holness |
Preceded by | Pearnel Charles |
Succeeded by | Juliet Holness |
In office 13 July 2011 –12 December 2011 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor General | Sir Patrick Allen |
Prime Minister | Andrew Holness |
Preceded by | Delroy Chuck |
Succeeded by | Michael Peart |
Member of Parliament for Trelawny Southern | |
Assumed office 2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Marisa Colleen Dalyrimple 19 August 1956 St. Ann,Colony of Jamaica,British Empire |
Political party | Jamaica Labour Party |
Spouse | Sherold Philibert |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | University of the West Indies |
Marisa Colleen Dalrymple-Philibert is a Jamaican attorney-at-law and politician,representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). She was the 15th Speaker of the House of Representatives. [1]
Dalrymple-Philibert was born in 1956 [2] in St. Ann,Jamaica . She attended Westwood High School,University of the West Indies at Cave Hill,Barbados,and the Norman Manley Law School. [3]
Dalrymple-Philibert first entered representational politics in 2007 when she won the general election from the Trelawny Southern constituency,polling 6,167 votes to Doneth Brown-Reid (4,570) of the People's National Party (PNP). [4] She served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (2007-2011). On 12 July 2011,Dalrymple-Philibert was elected the 15th Speaker of the House of Representatives,succeeding Delroy Chuck,who had been appointed Minister of Justice. [5] She became only the second woman to occupy this position after Violet Neilson of the PNP (1997-2003). Dalrymple-Philibert was re-elected to Parliament from the Trelawny Southern constituency in back-to-back general elections in 2011,2016,and again in 2020. [6] [7] On 15 September 2020,Dalrymple-Philibert was once again elected Speaker of the House of Representatives,following the retirement of Pearnel Charles Sr. [1] Dalrymple-Philibert resigned on 21 September 2023. [8]
Dalrymple-Philibert is married to Sherold Philibert. The couple have four adult children. [3]