Dominica’s longest-serving speaker discovered lifeless at residence

Alix Boyd Knights, the previous speaker of Dominica’s parliament, was discovered lifeless at her residence in Trafalgar on Tuesday.

A trailblazing profession in parliament

Boyd Knights, who additionally practiced legislation, held the place of Speaker from 2000 to 2020. 

Her record-breaking tenure reached a milestone on February 4, 2010, when she was reelected for a 3rd time period, solidifying her standing because the longest-serving Speaker within the nation’s historical past.

Acknowledged as Speaker Emeritus

In acknowledgment of her distinctive contributions to the nation, Boyd Knights obtained the honorary title of Speaker Emeritus in February 2020.

 She expressed gratitude for the glory, acknowledging each the Prime Minister and members of the federal government for his or her help.

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A legacy past the speaker’s chair

Past her parliamentary position, Boyd Knights was deeply concerned in points affecting the Commonwealth and society at giant. 

She chaired the Commonwealth Ladies Parliamentarian committee and was a prolific author on a spread of essential subjects. 

These embody laws formation, household and land legal guidelines, girls’s rights, youngsters’s rights, and home violence.

A scholar and an creator

A College of the West Indies alumna, she prolonged her affect by educational publications as nicely.

Notably, she penned “Ladies in Parliament Dominica, Previous and Current,” an influential publication documenting the experiences and contributions of feminine parliamentarians in Dominica.

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