House of Assembly of Dominica
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{{Politics of Dominica}}
The [[unicameral]] '''House of Assembly''' is [[Dominica]]'s legislative body.
The current House of Assembly, formed following [[Elections in Dominica|elections]] held on [[5 May]] [[2005]], has a total of 32 members: 21 members (Representatives) are directly elected in single member [[Constituency|constituencies]] using the simple-majority (or [[First-past-the-post]]) system for a term of five years. The Representatives decide whether [[Senate#Alternate_meanings|Senators]] are to be elected or appointed. If appointed, five are chosen by the president with the advice of the prime minister and four with the advice of the opposition leader. If elected, it is by vote of the Representatives. There is one [[ex-officio]] member and the remaining seat is held by the [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]].
All members of the [[Cabinet of Dominica]] must also be members of the legislature. However, no more than three [[Senators]] may be members of the [[Cabinet of Dominica|Cabinet]].
Political party distribution among the 21 directly elected seats is as follows:
*[[Dominica Labour Party]] (DLP) – 14 seats
*[[United Workers' Party (Dominica)|United Workers' Party]] (UWP) – 7 seats
[[Alix Boyd Knights]] is the current Speaker of the House of Assembly.
==Elected Members==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
!Constituency
!Name
!Party
|-
|Castle Bruce
|[[Loreen Bannis-Roberts]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|Colihaut
|[[Ronald Toulon]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|Cottage
|[[Reginald Austrie]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|Grand Bay
|[[John Fabien]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
||La Plaine
|[[Ronald Green]]
|[[United Workers' Party (Dominica)|UWP]]
|-
|Mahaut
|[[Rayburn Blackmore]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|Marigot
|[[Edison James]]
|[[United Workers' Party (Dominica)|UWP]]
|-
|Morne Jaune
|[[Abraham Browne]]
|[[United Workers' Party (Dominica)|UWP]]
|-
|Paix Bouche
|[[Matthew Walter]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|Petite Savanne
|[[Urban Baron]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|Portsmouth
|[[Ian Douglas (politician)|Ian Douglas]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|Roseau Central
|[[Norris Prevost]]
|[[United Workers' Party (Dominica)|UWP]]
|-
|Roseau North
|[[Julius Timothy]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|Roseau South
|[[Ambrose George]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|Roseau Valley
|[[Norris Charles]]
|[[United Workers' Party (Dominica)|UWP]]
|-
|Salisbury
|[[Earl Williams (politician)|Earl Williams]]
|[[United Workers' Party (Dominica)|UWP]]
|-
|Salybia
|[[Kelly Graneau]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|Soufriere
|[[Ian Pinard]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|St. Joseph
|[[Vince Henderson (politician)|Vince Henderson]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|Vieille Case
|[[Roosevelt Skerrit]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|Wesley
|[[Peter Carbon]]
|[[United Workers' Party (Dominica)|UWP]]
|-
|}
==Appointed Senators==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
!Name
!Party
|-
|Dr. [[Colin McIntyre (Dominica)|Colin McIntyre]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|[[Charles Savarin]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|[[Gloria Shillingford]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|[[Peter St. Jean]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|[[Vacant]]
|[[Dominica Labour Party|DLP]]
|-
|[[Nicholls Espirit]]
|[[United Workers' Party (Dominica)|UWP]]
|-
|[[Maynard Nicholas]]
|[[United Workers' Party (Dominica)|UWP]]
|-
|[[Claudius Sanford]]
|[[United Workers' Party (Dominica)|UWP]]
|-
|[[Sabina Williams]]
|[[United Workers' Party (Dominica)|UWP]]
|-
|}
==See also==
*[[History of Dominica]]
*[[Legislative Branch]]
*[[List of national legislatures]]
[[Category:Government of Dominica]]
[[Category:Politics of Dominica]]
[[Category:National legislatures|Dominica]]