The 23rd Guam Legislature was a meeting of the

Guam Legislature The Legislature of Guam ( ch, Liheslaturan Guåhan) is the law-making body for the United States territory of Guam. The unicameral legislative branch consists of fifteen senators, each serving for a two-year term. All members of the legislature a ...

. It convened in Hagatna, Guam on January 2, 1995 and ended on January 6, 1997, during the 1st and 2nd years of

Carl T.C. Gutierrez Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez (born October 15, 1941) is an American (U.S. citizen) politician who was the 6th Governor of Guam, serving two four-year terms with Lieutenant Governor Madeleine Z. Bordallo from January 2, 1995 to January 6, 2003. Gutier ...

's 1st Gubernatorial Term. In the

1994 Guamanian general election File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...

, the

Democratic Party of Guam The Democratic Party of Guam is a political party in Guam affiliated with the U.S. Democratic Party. Its origins lie in the Popular Party, which was the only political party on Guam until 1956.Guampedia''Democratic Party of Guam'' Hagatna, 20 Aug ...

won a thirteen-to-eight (13-8) majority of seats in the Guam Legislature. ''Page 25'' It had been expected that Senator Thomas C. "Tom" Ada would be chosen by his colleagues as Speaker of the Guam Legislature, but a group of Democratic and Republican Senators elected Parkinson as Speaker, instead.Haidee V. Eugenio
''Minority wants bills heard within 90 days instead of 180 days, Barnes poised to become next speaker''
Hagatna, Guam. 3 January 2019.

Party Summary

Leadership

Legislative

* Speaker:

Don Parkinson Don Parkinson is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in 1968. Playing career From Huntly, Parkinson played for the Taniwharau Rugby League Club and represented Waikato.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland ...

* Vice Speaker: Theodore "Ted" S. Nelson * Legislative Secretary: Judith Won Pat-Borja

Membership

References

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