Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert

The Honourable
Marisa Colleen Dalrymple-Philibert
CD
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
15 September 2020 – 21 September 2023
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Governor GeneralSir Patrick Allen
Prime MinisterAndrew Holness
Preceded byPearnel Charles
Succeeded byJuliet Holness
In office
13 July 2011 – 12 December 2011
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor GeneralSir Patrick Allen
Prime MinisterAndrew Holness
Preceded byDelroy Chuck
Succeeded byMichael Peart
Personal details
Born
Marisa Colleen Dalyrimple

(1956-08-19) 19 August 1956 (age 68)
St. Ann, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire
Political partyJamaica Labour Party
SpouseSherold Philibert
Children4
Alma materUniversity 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]

Early life and education

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]

Political career

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]

Personal life

Dalrymple-Philibert is married to Sherold Philibert. The couple have four adult children.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert to be new Speaker of the House". Jamaica Gleaner. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Jamaica - House of Representatives". IPU.
  3. ^ a b "Constituency: Trelawny Southern (2016)". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ "General Election 2007". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ "House welcomes new Speaker". jamaica Information Service. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Members of Parliament (Election Results from 1944 - 2016)" (PDF). National Library of Jamaica. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  7. ^ "General Election 2020 - Preliminary Results". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Dalrymple-Philibert resigns as MP, Speaker". Jamaica Observer. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.