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Lashell Adderley

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Lashell Adderley
President of the Senate of the Bahamas
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 October 2021
Prime MinisterPhilip Davis
Preceded byMildred Hall-Watson
Personal details
Born1968 (age 57–58)
PartyProgressive Liberal Party

Julie Lashell Adderley (born 1968[1]) is a Bahamian lawyer and politician who has served as President of the Senate of the Bahamas since 7 October 2021.[1] Adderley's leadership of the Senate and Patricia Deveaux's leadership of the House of Assembly made it the first time that women led both chambers of the Parliament of the Bahamas.

Career

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Adderley is a lawyer who has worked as legal counsel for Bahamas First General Insurance,[2] and as a legal and compliance manager[3] and corporate secretary for Bahamas First Holdings.[4][5] In 2024 she received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Northern Caribbean University in Jamaica, awarded in recognition of her career as a legislator, attorney-at-law and economist.[6]

From 2017, she was a member of the Progressive Liberal Party's constitution committee to review its policies.[7]

Adderley was appointed President of the Senate the day she was sworn in, 6 October 2021,[8] the fifth woman to hold the role.[9] She was appointed at the same time as Patricia Deveaux was made Speaker of the House of Assembly, the first time women have led both houses at the same time.[10][11][12] Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis had been criticised the week prior for a lack of gender equality, with Adderley one of only two female Senate appointments.[13]

Private life

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She is a practising Seventh-day Adventist who was raised in the church and is a member of the Johnson Park Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Providence, where she has also served on the school board of Bahamas Academy and on the Constitution and By-Laws Committee of the South Bahamas Conference.[14][15][16]

Political positions

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Adderley supports criminalizing marital rape.[17] She supports capital punishment and called for hanging to be brought back after the murder of a 12-year old in 2024.[18]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Bahamas". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. 5 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Data Protection Annual Report 20210" (PDF). Government of the Bahamas. p. 16.
  3. ↑ "PM Christie to open National Training Symposium". The Bahamas Weekly. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bahamas First Holds Governance Seminar". The Tribune. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Bahamas First Holdings. 2011. p. 13. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Climate change is knocking at your door – Adderley". The Gleaner. Kingston. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "PLP Seeks Constitutional Reform". Jones Bahamas. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "New Senators Sworn In". ZNS Bahamas. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Patricia Deveaux likely for Speaker role". Bahamas Local. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  10. ↑ De Shong, Dillon (6 October 2021). "Woman is boss! Adderley & Deveaux to lead Bahamian Parliament". Loop Caribbean News. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  11. ↑ Russell, Khrisna (7 October 2021). "History Made As Women Lead House And Senate". The Tribune. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "Bahamas: History made as women to serve as House speaker and President of the Senate". The Habari Network. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  13. ↑ Smith, Sloan (4 October 2021). "GENDER PARITY: Govt. appoints two women out of 12 Senate appointments". Eyewitness News. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  14. ↑ Greene, July Michelle (26 July 2025). "President of the Bahamian Senate Reflects on General Conference Session". Adventist Review. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  15. ↑ "Logos: Called to Serve". South Bahamas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  16. ↑ Strachan, Malcolm (28 November 2022). "INSIGHT: The long walk to freedom for women in The Bahamas". The Tribune. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  17. ↑ Russell, Jade (24 November 2022). "Senate president tells joint sitting: 'Rape is rape'". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 2 May 2026.
  18. ↑ Longley, Ginelle (21 November 2024). "Senate President calls for the resumption of hanging". Eyewitness News. Archived from the original on 2 May 2026.
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