Samantha Marshall

Samantha Nicole Marshall is an Antiguan MP and Cabinet Minister. Marshall had once represented St. Mary's South in the House of Representatives. She is a member of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party.[1]

The Honourable
Samantha Marshall
Member of the Antigua and Barbuda Parliament
for St. Mary's South
In office
June 2014 – 18 January 2023
MonarchElizabeth II
Governors GeneralLouise Lake-Tack, Rodney Williams
Member of the Senate of Antigua and Barbuda
Assumed office
23 January 2023
Personal details
Political partyAntigua and Barbuda Labour Party

Career

Marshall is the owner of the St. John's-based legal practice Stapleton Chambers. She is among the top lawyers in the country.[2]

Marshall won the St. Mary's South constituency in the 2014 general elections defeating Hilson Baptiste, a member of the United Progressive Party. Six days after the 2014 elections, she was appointed Minister of Social Transformation and Human Resource Development by Prime Minister Gaston Browne.

She won the same seat in the 2018 elections and was appointed Minister of Social Transformation, Human Resource, Youth, and Gender Affairs Department one day after the 2018 elections.

She became a senator on 23 January 2023, after losing her seat in the 2023 Antiguan general election.[3]

References
  1. https://ab.gov.ag
  2. "Caribbean Elections Biography | Samantha Marshall".
  3. Losing ABLP candidates sworn-in as Senators, retrieved 2023-01-23
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