Valcina Ash
Valcina Ash | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1939  Layou |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Awards | |
Valcina Agatha Ash MBE (born c. 1939) is a Vincentian politician. She is the second woman and the first Vincentian-born woman to be elected to House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[1]
Valcina Ash was born in Layou, Saint Vincent. She worked as a schoolteacher there until marrying and moving to Barrouallie, where she ran a general store. Her husband died in 1972, leaving her to raise four children. She helped found a local women's group which supported women in the community and aided evacuees of the 1979 La Soufrière eruption.[1]
Following independence, she was appointed in 1979 to the House of Assembly as a senator with the Saint Vincent Labour Party. After the death of A. T. Woods, in 1983 she ran in a special election to fill his seat, representative of Central Leeward in the House of Assembly, winning by only 65 votes. The next year, she lost the general election. [1][2]
In 2006, she was awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire for "services to business and the community".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c searchlight (2008-08-15). "Valcina Ash: A stalwart of the Women's Movement - Searchlight". www.searchlight.vc. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ Jack W. Hopkins (March 1986). Latin America and Caribbean Contemporary Record: 1983-1984 (Latin America and Caribbean Contemporary Record). Internet Archive. Holmes & Meier Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8419-1015-7.
- ^ "Commonwealth Awards". www.thetimes.com. 2005-12-31. Retrieved 2024-11-24.