Margaret Hector
Trinidad and Tobago politician
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Margaret Hector (died 2013) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the National Alliance for Reconstruction.[1]
Margaret Hector | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Diego Martin West | |
| In office 15 December 1986 – 16 December 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Francis |
| Succeeded by | Keith Rowley |
| Personal details | |
| Party | National Alliance for Reconstruction |
Career
Before entering politics, Hector worked as a waitress.[2] She was elected in the 1986 Trinidad and Tobago general election for the constituency of Diego Martin West.[3] She remains the only non-People's National Movement candidate to win the seat.[4] In the National Alliance for Reconstruction administration she served as Parliamentary Secretary of Health, Welfare and the Status of Women and as a Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister.[5] She was succeeded by future prime minister Keith Rowley in the 1991 general election.[6]
Personal life
Margaret Hector died in 2013.[7] Her daughter Avonelle Hector contested Diego Martin West for the Congress of the People (COP) in the 2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election.[7] Avonelle Hector-Joseph is the founder of the NGO "Is There Not a Cause".[8] The organisation engages in humanitarian efforts.[9]
