Patricia Deveaux

Patricia Deveaux
Official portrait, 2022
55th Speaker of the House of Assembly
of the Bahamas
Assumed office
7 October 2021[1]
Prime MinisterPhilip Davis
DeputySylvannus Petty
Preceded byHalson Moultrie
Member of Parliament
for Bamboo Town
Assumed office
23 September 2021
Preceded byRenward Wells
Personal details
Born1968
Political partyProgressive Liberal Party
Children1

Patricia Ann Deveaux (born 1968[1]) is a Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party politician serving as Speaker of the House of Assembly and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bamboo Town. She is the second woman to hold the position of Speaker after Italia Johnson.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "Bahamas". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. 5 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Woman Named Speaker of The Bahamas House of Assembly". The Washington Informer. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  3. ^ "WONDERFUL START FOR WOMEN: Former PM celebrates platform created for women in public service as leaders". Eye Witness News. 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2021-10-20.