House of Assembly of Dominica

The House of Assembly is the legislature of Dominica. It is established by Chapter III of the Constitution of Dominica, and together with the President of Dominica constitutes Dominica's Parliament. The House is unicameral, and consists of twenty-one Representatives, nine senators, and the Attorney General as an ex officio member. The List of Speakers [of the House of Assembly of Dominica|Speaker of the House] becomes the thirty-second member if chosen from outside the membership of the House.
Representatives are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple-majority system for a term of five years. The Representatives in turn decide whether the senators are to be elected by their vote, or appointed. If appointed, five are chosen by the president with the advice of the Prime Minister and four with the advice of the Leader of [the Opposition (Dominica)|Leader of the Opposition]. The current Senators are appointed.
The Cabinet of Dominica is appointed from members of the House of Assembly. However, no more than three senators may be members of the Cabinet.

History

House of Assembly was established in 1968, and it was preceded by a colonial Legislative council.

Since the election held on 6 December 2022, the Dominica Labour Party holds 19 of the 21 directly elected seats, and independent candidates hold two elected seats. The new House of Assembly included a record ten women.

Constituency	Representative	Party	Notes
Castle Bruce	DrigoOctavia Alfred	DLP
Colihaut	>Daren Pinard	DLP
Cottage	Roland Royer	DLP
Grand Bay	Vince Henderson	DLP
La Plaine	Cassandra WilliamsSaint-Jean	DLP
Mahaut	Cassanni Laville	DLP
Marigot	Anthony S. Charles	IND
Morne Jaune/Riviere Cyrique	StephensonGretta Bernadette Roberts	DLP
Paix Bouche	Lakeyia Joseph	DLP
Petite Savanne	Jullan Defoe	DLP
Portsmouth	Fenella Wenham	DLP
Roseau Central	Melissa Ponponne Skerrit	DLP
Roseau North	Miriam Blanchard	DLP
Roseau South	Chekirah N. Lockhart	DLP
Roseau Valley	Irving Francis McIntyre	DLP
Salisbury	Jesma Paul	IND
Salybia	Cozier Frederick, Cassius	DLP
St. Joseph	Darron T. Lloyd, Kelver	DLP
Soufrière	Charles, DeniseDenise Charles	DLP	Succeeded Ian Pinard in 2016 by-election.
Vieille Case	SkerritRoosevelt Skerrit	DLP	Assumed position of Prime Minister 8 January 2004.
Wesley	Fidel GrantFidel Grant	DLP

The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition each get to appoint additional Senators, to join the elected Representatives. The following Senators are currently in office:

Senator	Party	Notes
Austelle Lockhart	DLP	Appointed with the advice of the Prime Minister.
Oscar George	DLP	Appointed with the advice of the Prime Minister.
Gregory Riviere	DLP	Appointed with the advice of the Prime Minister.
Phillip Rolle	DLP	Appointed with the advice of the Prime Minister.
Nicholas Esprit	DLP	Appointed with the advice of the Prime Minister.
Lori Victor	UWP	Appointed with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.
Chalika Vidal		Appointed with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.
Delbert Paris	UWP	Appointed with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.
Lorraine Henderson-Reid	UWP	Appointed with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.