Eva Sylvester

Eva Mary Louisa Ollivierre was born in Petite Martinique and attended St Joseph's Convent school.^[1] In 1921 she married Cyril Sylvester, with whom she had twelve children.^[1] Cyril was elected to the Legislative Council from the Carriacou and Petite Martinique constituency in 1951, but died the following year.^[1] Eva was nominated as a candidate for the Grenada United Labour Party and won the resulting by-election, becoming the first woman to sit in the Legislative Council.^[2] She ran for re-election in 1954, but lost to Frederick B. Paterson.^[3] In 1972 she was appointed as a justice of the peace.^[4]

Her granddaughter Cécile La Grenade later served as Governor-General.^[5]