Teresina Bodkin

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Teresina Bodkin
Born
Montserrat
Died(2025-04-00)April 2025
Saint John's, Montserrat
Known forFirst woman Speaker in Montserrat
PredecessorJoseph Meade

Teresina Bodkin (died April 2025) was a Montserratian teacher and civil servant who became the first woman Speaker of the Legislative Council of Montserrat.

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Life and career

Bodkin was born in Montserrat and she worked as a secondary school mathematics teacher who went on to be Montserrat's Director of Statistics. She held that role for 15 years. [1]

On 6 April 2010, Bodkin was selected as the first female Speaker of the island's Legislative Council. [1] Bodkin was supported in this new role by six months of training by former speaker Sir Howard Fergus. During that time Fergus returned to his former role replacing the previous speaker, Joseph Meade. Bodkin served until September 2014. [2] On 17 December 2019, she was reelected to the position of the speaker. [3]

Bodkin's death at the Glendon Hospital in St. John's, Montserrat was announced on 8 April 2025. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Teresina Bodkin Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine , caribbeanelections.com. KnowledgeWalk Institute, Retrieved 12 February 2016
  2. ↑ Montserrat Elects First Female Speaker of the Legislative Council Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , gov.ms, Retrieved 11 February 2016
  3. ↑ "Montserrat's Premier Outlines His Government's Vision as the 17th Parliamentary Session Opens". Discover Montserrat. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Montserrat’s first female Speaker , Teresina Bodkin, has died


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