List of Parliamentary Speakers in the Americas in 1984
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Parliamentary Speakers in the Americas in 1984. This article contains among others a list of speakers of parliaments of sovereign states, Canadian provinces, British dependent territories and French overseas departments.

Sovereign states

State Title Name Entered office
 Antigua and Barbuda President of the Senate W. K. Heath 1976
 Antigua and Barbuda Speaker of the House of Representatives Bradley Carrott 1984 ?
Barbuda
Barbuda
Barbuda is an island in the Eastern Caribbean, and forms part of the state of Antigua and Barbuda. It has a population of about 1,500, most of whom live in the town of Codrington.-Location:...

Chairman of the Barbuda Council Hilbourne Frank
Hilbourne Frank
Sir Thomas Hilbourne Frank is a politician from Antigua and Barbuda. He is political leader of the Barbuda People's Movement, which favours greater independence of Barbuda from Antigua and supports the United Progressive Party. He served as Chairman of the Barbuda Council on two occasions – from...

1979
 Argentina President of the Senate (The Vice President of Argentina) Dr Victor Martínez
Víctor Hipólito Martínez
Víctor Hipólito Martínez is an Argentine lawyer and politician, best known for his role as Vice President during Raúl Alfonsín's 1983-89 tenure.-Life and times:Martínez was born and raised in Córdoba, Argentina...

December 10, 1983
 Argentina Provisional President of the Senate Dr Edison Otero November 29, 1983
 Argentina President of the Chamber of Deputies Dr Juan Carlos Pugliese November 28, 1983
 The Bahamas President of the Senate Edwin Coleby 1983
 The Bahamas Speaker of the House of Assembly Sir Clifford Darling
Clifford Darling
Sir Clifford Darling GCVO was the fourth Governor-General of the Bahamas from 1992 until his retirement on January 2, 1995. Prior to this, he was a Senator from 1964–67, Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1967-69, Minister of: State in 1969, Labour and Welfare in 1971 and Labour and...

1977
 Barbados President of the Senate Sir Arnott Samuel Cato 1976
 Barbados Speaker of the House of Assembly C. Lindsay Bolden 1984
 Belize President of the Senate Doris June Garcia 1984
 Belize Speaker of the House of Representatives Carlos Castilho (or Castillo) 1984
 Bolivia President of the Senate Julio Garrett 1980 ?
 Bolivia President of the Chamber of Deputies ? ?
 Brazil President of the Senate of Brazil Senator Moacyr Dalla 1983
 Brazil President of the Chamber of Deputies Flávio Marcilio 1983
 Canada Speaker of the Senate
Speaker of the Canadian Senate
The Speaker of the Senate of Canada is the presiding officer of the Senate of Canada. The speaker represents the Senate at official functions, rules on questions of parliamentary procedure and parliamentary privilege, and oversee debates and voting in the red chamber. This position is often...

Guy Charbonneau
Guy Charbonneau
Guy Charbonneau, PC was the longest serving Speaker of the Canadian Senate, serving from 1984 to 1993. During his tenure, amendments to the Standing Orders of the Senate extended the powers of the Speaker....

November 2, 1984
 Canada Speaker of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
The Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Canada and is elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow Members of Parliament...

John Bosley November 6, 1984
 Alberta Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Gerard Amerongen
Gerard Amerongen
Gerard "Gerry" Joseph Taets von Amerongen is a politician and lawyer from Alberta, Canada.Amerongen first ran for Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 1955 Alberta provincial election for the Conservative Party in the Edmonton district...

1972
 British Columbia Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the presiding officer of the British Columbia legislature.-The office of Speaker in British Columbia:...

Kenneth Walter Davidson
Kenneth Walter Davidson
Kenneth Walter Davidson is a former political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Delta in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1975 to 1991 as a Social Credit member....

1982
 Manitoba Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature.-List of Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba:-References:* *...

Jim Walding February 25, 1982
 New Brunswick Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature. Since 1994 the position has been elected by MLAs using a secret ballot. Previously, the Speaker had been appointed by motion of the house, in practice moved by the Premier of New...

James Tucker 1981
 Newfoundland and Labrador Speaker of the House of Assembly
Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador is the presiding officer of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.The current Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is Ross Wiseman, who was uncontested for the role following the 2011 General...

James Russell 1982
 Nova Scotia Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Arthur R. Donahoe 1981
 Ontario Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature. Since 1990 the position has been elected by MPPs using a secret ballot. Previously, the Speaker had been appointed by the Premier of Ontario after consultation with the Leader of the...

John M. Turner April 21, 1981
 Prince Edward Island Speaker of the Leguislative Assembly
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature.The current Speaker is Kathleen Casey...

Marion Reid 1983
 Quebec President of the National Assembly Richard Guay March 23, 1983
 Saskatchewan Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the presiding officer of the Saskatchewan legislature.-Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan:*Thomas MacNutt 1906-1908*William Charles Sutherland 1908-1912...

Herbert Junior Swan 1982
 Northwest Territories Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Donald Morton Stewart
Donald Morton Stewart
Donald Morton Stewart is a former politician and civil servant from Northwest Territories, Canada.-Early life:Stewart worked for numerous northern airlines, and later joined the civil service as a Department of Fisheries employee....

October 22, 1980
 Yukon Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Donald Taylor 1978
 Colombia President of the Senate Dr José Name Terán
José Name Terán
José Antonio Name Terán was a lawyer and former Senator of Colombia. Considered a Liberal caudillo, he was one of the longest serving senators in Congress and one of the most influential politicians of the Caribbean Region of Colombia...

July 20, 1984
 Colombia President of the Chamber of Representatives Dr Daniel Mazuera Gómez 1984
 Costa Rica President of the Legislative Assembly Bernal Jímenez Monge 1984
 Cuba President of the National Assembly of People's Power Flavio Bravo Pardo 1981
 Dominica Speaker of the House of Assembly Marie Davies-Pierre August 13, 1980
 Dominican Republic President of Congreso Nacional Noel Subervi Espinosa ? 1982 ?
 Ecuador President of Congreso Nacional Raúl Barca Carvo ? 1984 ?
 El Salvador President of the National Constituent Assembly Dr Maria Julia Castillo Rodas 1983
 Grenada President of the Senate Larry Joseph 1984
 Grenada Speaker of the House of Representatives Hudson Scipio 1984
 Guatemala President of the National Constituent Assembly ? 1984 ?
 Guyana Speaker of the National Assembly Sase Narain 1971
 Haiti President of the National Assembly Jaurès Lévêque ? 1984 ?
 Honduras President of the National Congress
President of the National Congress of Honduras
The President of the National Congress of Honduras is the presiding officer of the National Congress of Honduras. The current President of the National Congress is Juan Orlando Hernández.- Presidents of the Congress 20th Century :...

Lic. Efrain Bu Girón 1982
 Jamaica President of the Senate Jeanette Grant-Woodham
Jeanette Rose Grant-Woodham
Jeanette Rose Grant-Woodham is a Jamaican politician. She was President of the Senate of Jamaica from August 21, 1984 to 1989.-References:...

August 21, 1984
 Jamaica Speaker of the House of Representatives Alva Ross
Alva Ross
Alva Ross was a Jamaican politician. He was speaker in the House of Representatives from 1983-1989.-References:...

1983
 Mexico President of the Senate Miguel González Avelar
Miguel González Avelar
Miguel González Avelar was a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of Public Education from 1985 to 1988 within the government of President Miguel de la Madrid. He died from heart and renal failure on November 22, 2011, at the age of 74.-References:...

1982
 Mexico President of the Federal Chamber of Deputies ? ?
 Nicaragua President of the National Constituent Assembly Commdr Carlos Núñez Téllez 1984 ?
 Panama President of the National Assembly
 Paraguay President of the Senate Dr Juan Rámon Chávez 1968
 Paraguay President of the Chamber of Deputies ? ?
 Peru President of the Senate Dr Manuel Ulloa Elías July 26, 1984
 Peru President of the Chamber of Deputies Dr Elías Mendoza Harbersperger July 26, 1984
 Trinidad and Tobago President of the Senate
President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
The President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago is generally elected from the government benches. He or she chairs debates in the chamber and stands in for the country's president during periods of absence or illness . A Vice-President of the Senate is also elected from among the senators...

Dr Wahid Ali June 18, 1971
 Trinidad and Tobago Speaker of the House of Assembly Matthew Ramcharan November 27, 1961
 Tobago Chairman of the House of Assembly Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson December 1980
 United States President of the Senate (The Vice President of the United States) George Herbert Walker Bush January 20, 1981
 United States President Pro Tempore Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as a United States Senator. He also ran for the Presidency of the United States in 1948 as the segregationist States Rights Democratic Party candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes...

January 3, 1981
 United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. January 4, 1977
 Puerto Rico President of the Senate Miguel Hernández Agosto 1981
 Puerto Rico Speaker of the House of Representatives Severo Colberg Ramírez February 28, 1982
 United States Virgin Islands President of the Legislature Hugo Dennis, Jr. March 1983
 Venezuela President of the Senate Reinaldo Leandro Mora ? 1983 ?
 Venezuela President of the Chamber of Deputies Leonardo Ferrer ? 1983 ?

Autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in Western Europe and in the Caribbean. The four parts of the Kingdom—Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten—are referred to as "countries", and participate on a basis of equality...

Country Title Name Entered office
 Netherlands Antilles Speaker of the Staten R. A. E. Markes 1982 ?

British dependent territories

Territory Title Name Entered office
 Anguilla Speaker of the House of Assembly (The Governor
Governor of Anguilla
The Governor of Anguilla is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Anguilla. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government...

)
Alastair Baillie 1982
 Bermuda President of the Senate Hugh W. Richardson 1980
 Bermuda Speaker of the House of Assembly F. John Barritt 1982 ?
 British Virgin Islands Speaker of the House of Assembly Keith Flax 1983
 Cayman Islands President of the Legislative Assembly (The Governor
Governor of the Cayman Islands
The Governor of the Cayman Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the Cayman Islands. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government...

)
George P. Lloyd 1982
 Falkland Islands President of the Legislative Council (The Civil Commissioner
Governor of the Falkland Islands
The Governor of the Falkland Islands is the representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands, acting "in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf" as the islands' de facto head of state in the absence of the British monarch...

)
Sir Rex Hunt June 26, 1982
 Montserrat Speaker of the Legislative Council H. A. Fergus 1975
 Turks and Caicos Islands Speaker of the Legislative Council W. H. Mills 1984 ?

French overseas departments

Department Title Name Entered office
  French Guiana
French Guiana
French Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west...

President of the General Council Elie Castor 1983
  French Guiana
French Guiana
French Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west...

President of the Regional Council Georges Othily
Georges Othily
Georges Othily is a politician from French Guiana who was elected to the French Senate in 1989.- References :*...

1982
  Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...

President of the General Council Lucette Michaux-Chevry
Lucette Michaux-Chevry
Lucette Michaux-Chevry was the head of the Regional council of the French overseas department of Guadeloupe between 1992 and 2004.She was born on March 5, 1929, and has completed law studies at Sorbonne university in Paris...

March 24, 1982
  Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...

President of the Regional Council José Moustache
Jose Moustache
Jose Moustache is a politician from Guadeloupe who served in the French National Assembly from 1978-1981 .- references :*...

February 1983
  Martinique
Martinique
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...

President of the General Council Émile Maurice 1970
  Martinique
Martinique
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...

President of the Regional Council Aimé Césaire
Aimé Césaire
Aimé Fernand David Césaire was a French poet, author and politician from Martinique. He was "one of the founders of the négritude movement in Francophone literature".-Student, educator, and poet:...

February 1983
Saint Pierre and Miquelon President of the General Council Albert Pen June 1968

Part of the Kingdom of Denmark
Kingdom of Denmark
The Kingdom of Denmark or the Danish Realm , is a constitutional monarchy and sovereign state consisting of Denmark proper in northern Europe and two autonomous constituent countries, the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland in North America. Denmark is the hegemonial part, where the...

Part Title Name Entered office
 Greenland Chairman of the Parliament Jonathan Motzfeldt 1979
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