Saint Lucia
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Andy
Daniel
(Male)
Secretary general
Secretary General
Lyndell
Gustave
(Female)
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Election results
Candidates
Total number of candidates
Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
39
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
6
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
15.38%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
6
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
15.38%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
15
Number of women elected
3
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
17.65%
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex
The 'Distribution of seats' above refers to the 17 directly elected members. The 'Distribution of seats according to sex' refers to all 18 members of the House of Assembly (17 directly elected members and the Speaker). Ms. Leonne Theodore-John, who was not one of the directly elected members, became a member of the House by virtue of her election as Speaker.
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
2
Women Other
1
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
15
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
3
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Leonne
Theodore-John
(Female)
Political party
United Workers Party (UWP)
Date of election
12.07.2016
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1979
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1979
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Proir to independence, under British administration, women were granted the right to vote in 1951. This right was first exercised on 13th October 1951and confirmed at independence.
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1979
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
Proir to independence, under British administration, women were granted the right to vote and stand for election in 1951. These rights were first exercised on 13th October 1951and confirmed at independence.
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1979