Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert
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Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert | |
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| Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice | |
| Assumed office Septemeber 2025 | |
| Minister | Delroy Chuck |
| 15th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jamaica | |
| In office 15 September 2020 – 21 September 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Governor General | Sir Patrick Allen |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Holness |
| Preceded by | Pearnel Charles |
| Succeeded by | Juliet Holness |
| In office 13 July 2011 – 12 December 2011 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Holness |
| Preceded by | Delroy Chuck |
| Succeeded by | Michael Peart |
| Member of Parliament for Trelawny Southern | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marisa Colleen Dalyrimple 19 August 1956 St. Ann, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire |
| Party | Jamaica Labour Party |
| Spouse | Sherold Philibert |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies |
Marisa Colleen Dalrymple-Philibert is a Jamaican attorney-at-law and politician, representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). She was the 15th Speaker of the House of Representatives.[1]
Dalrymple-Philibert was born in 1956[2] in St. Ann, Jamaica. She attended Westwood High School, University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados, and the Norman Manley Law School.[3]
Political career
Dalrymple-Philibert first entered representational politics in 2007 when she won the general election from the Trelawny Southern constituency, polling 6,167 votes to Doneth Brown-Reid (4,570) of the People's National Party (PNP).[4] She served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (2007-2011). On 12 July 2011, Dalrymple-Philibert was elected the 15th Speaker of the House of Representatives, succeeding Delroy Chuck, who had been appointed Minister of Justice.[5] She became only the second woman to occupy this position after Violet Neilson of the PNP (1997-2003). Dalrymple-Philibert was re-elected to Parliament from the Trelawny Southern constituency in back-to-back general elections in 2011, 2016, and again in 2020.[6][7] On 15 September 2020, Dalrymple-Philibert was once again elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, following the retirement of Pearnel Charles Sr.[1] Dalrymple-Philibert resigned on 21 September 2023.[8]
