Peter Foster | |
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Speaker of the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia | |
In office 6 January 2012 –19 May 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Kenny Anthony |
Preceded by | Rosemary Husbands-Mathurin |
Succeeded by | Leonne Theodore-John |
Personal details | |
Born | Peter Irvin Foster |
Occupation | lawyer |
Peter Foster (KC) is a Saint Lucian lawyer and politician. [1]
He has a bachelor of arts in law degree from the University of North London. [2] He has worked as a lawyer,on a private practice since 1983. [1] He was called to the bar in London,England and in Castries,Saint Lucia,in 1983. [1] He has also served as a temporary magistrate in Saint Lucia. He has also been a judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. [1] He has also served as a High Court Judge in the British Virgin Islands and in Anguilla. [3] He is a former chairman of the Castries City Corporation and director of St. Lucia Electricity Services Company. [1]
On 6 January 2012,he was elected to serve as Speaker of the House of Assembly [4] [1] ,during the government of Kenny Anthony. He served until 19 May 2016. [5]
In July 2012 he was appointed Queen’s Counsel. [1]
Since 2021 he has been a judge in the Court of Appeal of Belize. [2]