Jamaica
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Marisa
Dalrymple-Philibert
(Female)
Year of birth
1956
Additional information
Elected on 15 Sep. 2020.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Valrie
Curtis
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 23 July 2021.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
45
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.
Age
Average age of all members
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See historical data for this field.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Dayton Ricardo Campbell (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
76
Oldest member
Lester Michael Henry (Male)
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
50
Total per sex
Total of male
45
Total of female
18
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
0
31-40
6
41-45
7
46-50
12
51-60
19
61-70
15
71-80
3
81-90
1
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 13 | Total >= 46: 50 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1962
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1962
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
Prior to independence after a long period of direct British colonial rule, Jamaica gained a degree of local political control in the late 1930s, and held its first election under full universal adult suffrage on 20 November 1944. This right was 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
1962
Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
Prior to independence after a long period of direct British colonial rule, Jamaica gained a degree of local political control in the late 1930s, and held its first election under full universal adult suffrage on 20 November 1944. This right was confirmed at independence.
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1967
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1984