JoBeth Coleby-Davis
JoBeth Coleby-Davis | |
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Minister of Transport and Housing | |
Assumed office 23 September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Philip "Brave" Davis |
Member of Parliament for Elizabeth | |
Assumed office 6 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | |
Majority | 377 (9.74%) |
Bahamas Senator | |
In office May 2017 – September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Hubert Minnis |
Personal details | |
Born | JoBeth Lillian Coleby 17 July 1984 Freeport, Bahamas |
Political party | Progressive Liberal Party |
Spouse(s) | Donavon Davis Jr |
Alma mater |
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Website | www |
JoBeth Lillian Coleby-Davis (born 17 July 1984) is a Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party politician and attorney who has been the Bahamian Minister of Housing and Transport since 23 September 2021 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Elizabeth since 6 October 2021. Coleby-Davis defeated the FNM incumbent Duane Sands in the 2021 general election. She previously served in the Senate from 2017 to 2021.
Early life[]
Coleby-Davis was born in Freeport, Grand Bahama to Irma (née Bootle) and Wayde Coleby. She is the granddaughter of Granville Coleby and the niece of Edwin Coleby. She attended Walker Primary School. Her family relocated to the United States and then again to the Turks and Caicos where she finished her secondary education at Clement Howell High School. She pursued an Associate Degree in Law and Criminal Justice at the College of the Bahamas. She then took her studies to the United Kingdom, graduating with a dual Bachelor of Laws with Business Management from Keele University in 2009. She took a bar vocational course at Nottingham Trent University the following year before going on to graduate with a Master of Laws in Energy Law and Policy from the University of Dundee.[1]
Career[]
Coleby-Davis was called to the Bar of England and Wales and the Bar of the Bahamas. She provided legal counseling to ScotiaBank and the . She sat on the board Real Property Tax Appeal Tribunal and participated in the amnesty programme.
Coleby-Davis was appointed and sworn in as a Senator in 2017, when the PLP was in opposition. She accused the FNM government of being out of touch with millennial Bahamians.[2] In October 2020, she announced she would seek the PLP nomination for Elizabeth for the next election.[3] She was ratified in February 2021. She unseated FNM incumbent in the 2021 general election.[4]
After winning the election, she was appointed to be the Minister of Transport and Housing under the new prime minister, Philip "Brave" Davis[5] Coleby-Davis was officially sworn into parliament on 6 October 2021. During the opening of parliament, she seconded the nomination of Patricia Deveaux to become speaker of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas.[6]
References[]
- ^ Rose, Olivia (5 June 2017). "Former Clement Howell student becomes senator in the Bahamas". Turks and Caicos. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ "Gov't Out of Touch with Millennials". The Bahama Journal. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ 16 October 2020, Sloan. "PLP Senator Jobeth Coleby-Davis vying for Elizabeth nomination". Eyewitness News. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - Bahamas MP - Elizabeth Race - Sep 16, 2021". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "FORMING YOUR GOVERNMENT: 11 more Cabinet ministers appointed in Davis administration". Eye Witness News. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Woman Named Speaker of The Bahamas House of Assembly". The Washington Informer. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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- Living people
- 1984 births
- Alumni of Keele University
- Alumni of Nottingham Trent University
- Alumni of the University of Dundee
- Bahamian lawyers
- Members of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas
- Members of the Senate of the Bahamas
- Progressive Liberal Party politicians
- University of the Bahamas alumni
- 21st-century Bahamian women politicians
- 21st-century Bahamian politicians
- Women government ministers of the Bahamas