Tracy Taegar Panton is a Belizean politician. A member of the United Democratic Party,she has represented the Albert constituency in the Belize House of Representatives since 2015. [1]
Her father,Dr Leroy Taegar,was a council candidate for the PUP in 1977. [2] Before running for parliament Panton had a career in the tourism industry in Belize. She spent 12 years as the director of the Belize Tourism Board before leaving in 2009. [3] In 2012 she was appointed chief executive of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture,a post she held until being selected for the Albert seat in 2015. [2]
In 2022 Panton ran for the leadership of the UDP,and lost against Shyne Barrow. [4]
The 2025 election had two sets of UDP candidates,some around leader Barrow,and others around Panton. Panton's faction defeated Barrow in his Mesopotamia seat,making Panton the new leader of the opposition. [5] On Friday 14 March 2025 she officially became the leader of the opposition,the first female politician to hold that position. [6]
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