Pamela Nicholson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives for Tobago West | |
| In office 15 December 1986 –11 December 2000 | |
| Preceded by | James I. Ogiste |
| Succeeded by | Stanford Callender |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Tobago East | |
| In office 9 November 1981 –15 December 1986 | |
| Preceded by | A. N. R. Robinson |
| Succeeded by | A. N. R. Robinson |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | National Alliance for Reconstruction (1986 to 1997) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Action Congress (until 1986) |
Pamela Nicholson is a Tobago politician. [1] She served as a member of parliament and as a government minister. [2]
Pamela Nicholson first entered politics as an advocate for autonomy for the island of Tobago. [3] She was elected in the 1981 Trinidad and Tobago general election,becoming the first Tobago woman elected to the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. [4] Nicholson served in the National Alliance for Reconstruction government. [5] She was the first Tobago woman to be appointed a government minister. [6] She served as Minister of Settlements and Public Utilities under Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson. [7] As minister she cut the ribbon for new construction projects. [8] In the 1990s she served as sports minister. [9] She left the party in 1997. [10] This was because she did not support her party's choice of by-election candidate. [11]
Nicholson supported the Tobago People's Party and Kamla Persad-Bissessar of the United National Congress (UNC) in the 2010 Trinidad and Tobago general election. [12] Nicholson endorsed the Progressive Democratic Patriots at the 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election. [13] She supported the party in the 2022 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement leadership election. [14]
In 2024,she was honoured with the naming of "Pamela Nicholson Boulevard". [15] This was part of the renaming of numerous buildings,streets and fishing depots which were renamed to honour local heroes. [16] The road is part of the Shirvan/Store Bay connector road development. [17]
She remains the only Tobagonian to represent the Tobago East and Tobago West constituencies in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. [18]
In 2004,Nicholson was stabbed during a home invasion along with her sister. [19] The sisters were hospitalised with serious injuries but recovered. [20] In 2010,the suspect charged with the crime was killed in a jet ski accident. [21]