Omar Wallace Hodge (2 February 1942 – 20 December 2017)[1] was a politician in the British Virgin Islands. Hodge was the third longest serving member of the House of Assembly (including its former incarnation as the Legislative Council) after Lavity Stoutt and Ralph O'Neal. Hodge served continuously as the representative for the 6th District from his election in the 1979 general election until his surprise defeat in the 2011 general election. He served a total of 31 years, 360 days.[2] He elected not to contest the 2015 general election.
Hodge was a longstanding member of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), and six of the nine general elections which he contested had been as a VIP candidate. Although he started his career as an independent candidate, he subsequently joined the VIP, but later split from them and contested the 1990 general election on behalf of a newly created party, the Independent People's Movement (which was disbanded shortly thereafter), and the 1995 general election on behalf of the Concerned Citizen's Movement, before later rejoining the VIP.
Hodge twice served as Minister for Natural Resources and Labour (from 1986–1988 and then again from 2007–2011). On each occasion, he was a member of Cabinet.
Hodge died on 20 December 2017 after a stroke, at the age of 75.[3]