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    • This is a list of presidents of the Senate of the Bahamas. The president is the presiding officer of the Senate of the Bahamas. Below is a list of office-holders:

    Name Entered office Left office
    Sir George W. K. Roberts January 1964 June 1964
    Sir Leonard J. Knowles, CBE[1][2] 1964 1972
    Sir Gerald Cash, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, JP[3] 1972 1973
    Dame Doris Louise Johnson[4] 1973 1982
    Edwin Coleby[5] 1982 1992
    John Henry Bostwick[6] 1992 2002
    Sharon R. Wilson[4][7] 2002 2007
    Lynn Holowesko[4] 2007 2012
    Sharon R. Wilson[4] 2012 May 2017
    Katherine Forbes-Smith[8][9] May 2017 December 2019
    Mildred Hall-Watson[10][9] December 2019 October 2021
    Lashell Adderley[11][9] October 2021 Incumbent

    Sources

    1. ^ "Who's who in the Bahamas government, 1953-1978". Research Committee for the Silver Jubilee of the Progressive Liberal Party. 21 April 1978 – via Google Books.
  • ^ Knowles, Sir Leonard J. (21 April 1989). "Elements of Bahamian Law". Business & Law Publishers (Bahamas) – via Google Books.
  • ^ http://www.bahamasnationalarchives.bs/assets/cash.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  • ^ a b c d "Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership". guide2womenleaders.com.
  • ^ Europa World Year Book 1985
  • ^ "Bahamasnet: Government". 15 November 1999. Archived from the original on 15 November 1999.
  • ^ "The Bahamas Government". 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 13 December 2002.
  • ^ media. "K. Forbes Smith to be selected as FNM Senate President - Bahamaspress.com".
  • ^ a b c "Senate of The Bahamas". data.ipu.org. Inter-Parliamentary Union.
  • ^ Scott, Rachel (6 December 2019). "Mildred Hall-Watson elected as Senate president". The Nassau Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  • ^ "Bahamas: History made as women to serve as House speaker and President of the Senate". The Habari Network. Retrieved 6 November 2021.


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