Teresina Bodkin

Bodkin was born in Montserrat and she worked as a secondary school mathematics teacher who went on to be Montserrat's Director of Statistics. She held that role for 15 years.^[1]

On 6 April 2010, Bodkin was selected as the first female Speaker of the island's Legislative Council.^[1] Bodkin was supported in this new role by six months of training by former speaker Sir Howard Fergus. During that time Fergus returned to his former role replacing the previous speaker, Joseph Meade. Bodkin served until September 2014.^[2] On 17 December 2019, she was reelected to the position of the speaker.^[3]

Bodkin's death at the Glendon Hospital in St. John's, Montserrat was announced on 8 April 2025.^[4]

• List of speakers of the Legislative Council of Montserrat