Alix Boyd Knights

Alix Boyd Knights
Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica
In office 17 April 2000 – 10 February 2020
Prime Minister	Rosie Douglas Pierre Charles Osborne Riviere Roosevelt Skerrit
Preceded by	Osborne Symes
Succeeded by	Joseph Isaac
Personal details
Born	1944-1946
Died	29 August 2023, 78 years old

Alix Boyd Knights (died 29 August 2023) was a Dominican politician and attorney who was the Speaker of the House of Assembly from 2000 to 2020.^[1][2]

Boyd Knights was first elected Speaker on 17 April 2000 and was re-elected on 27 July 2005, 4 February 2010 and 20 February 2015.^[3][4] Upon her election to a third term on 4 February 2010, she became the longest serving Speaker in Dominica's history.^[5]

In 2010, she was initially nominated by the Dominica Labour Party led government to become the next President of Dominica.^[1] She stepped down as the speaker in 2020, and was awarded title Speaker Emeritus.^[1]

Boyd Knights was 78 years old in August 2023,^[6] so she was born about 1944-1946. She had a Bachelor of Laws degree from University of the West Indies and a degree from Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad and Tobago.^[1]

Alix Boyd Knights died on 29 August 2023.^[1] She was given a state funeral.^[7]

References

1. "Dominica's longest serving Speaker of the House of Assembly, Alix Boyd-Knights has died". Dominica News Online. 29 August 2023.
2. "Dominica". 5 July 2018.
3. "Alix Boyd-Knights re-elected Speaker | Dominica Vibes News". Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
4. Speaker of the House says more women needed in Parliament, Dominica News Online, 30 December 2009, retrieved 27 October 2011.
5. Joseph, Emmanuel H., Mrs. Alix Boyd-Knight elected to serve a record third term as Speaker of the House of Assembly, Government Information Service, Dominica, archived from the original on 21 May 2010, retrieved 22 April 2010; Boyd Knights celebrates stint as longest serving House Speaker, Dominica News Online, 21 April 2010, retrieved 22 April 2010
6. Office of the Prime Minister of Dominica. "OFFICIAL DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT: Alix Boyd Knights Speaker Emerita, Former Speaker of the House of Assembly". Dominica News Online.
7. "Gov't of Dominica to provide the late Alix Body-Knights with a state funeral; PM describes her as a 'firm and no-nonsense' individual". Dominica News Online. 30 August 2023.

External links

• Boyd Knights is currently serving as the Chairperson of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians within the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, 1 February 2010, archived from the original on 25 July 2011, retrieved 1 February 2010.