Margaret HectorMargaret Hector was a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the National Alliance for Reconstruction.CareerBefore entering politics, Hector worked as a waitress. She was elected in the 1986 Trinidad and Tobago general election for the constituency of Diego Martin West. She remains the only non-People's National Movement candidate to win the seat. In the National Alliance for Reconstruction administration she served as Parliamentary Secretary of Health, Welfare and the Status of Women and as a Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister. She was succeeded by future prime minister Keith Rowley in the 1991 general election.Personal lifeMargaret Hector died in 2013. Her daughter Avonelle Hector contested Diego Martin West for the Congress of the People in the 2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election. Avonelle Hector-Joseph is the founder of the NGO "Is There Not a Cause". The organisation engages in humanitarian efforts.