Evalie Bradley nee Hughes (12 October 1954) is an
Anguillian politician who served as Member of the
House of Assembly of Anguilla
The House of Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Anguilla. It has 13 members, 7 members in single-seat constituencies, 4 members representing the island at-large and 2 ex officio members. Anguilla has a multi-party system.
2020 general e ...
between 2015 and 2020.
Early life and education
Bradley started attending Road Primary School, currently named Adrian T. Hazell Primary, and received elementary education at the Valley Secondary School. After completing her secondary education, she was among the first cohort of Anguillian students to receive a UK Technical Cooperation; she graduated with a diploma on Executive Administrative Secretarial Science at the Sir Authur Lewis Technical College in
Saint Lucia
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. She has also undertaken several development, management and training programmes at the
Thames Valley University
The University of West London (UWL) is a Public university, public research university in the United Kingdom with campuses in Ealing, Brentford, and Reading, Berkshire.
The university has roots in 1860 when the Lady Byron School was founded, ...
, the Manitoba Institute of Management and the
University of the West Indies
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.
Career
After completing her studies Bradley returned to Anguilla and was appointed as a government administrative secretary, and ever since has held several public service positions, such as clerk to the Executive Council and House of Assembly, Deputy Director of Human Resources, Labour Commissioner in 2001, and Principal Assistant Secretary in the Chief Minister’s Office in 2005, before retiring in 2007.
Evalie was a first time candidate for elected office and Anguilla United Front
The Anguilla United Front (AUF) is an alliance of political parties in Anguilla. The AUF was created on 7 January 2000 as a political and electoral partnership, when an agreement, The United Front Agreement, was signed by the Chairmen and Politic ...
(AUF) ticket in the 22 April 2015 election for District 5, Road North and narrowly defeated Anguilla United Movement
The Anguilla Progressive Movement (APM) is a political party in Anguilla. The party was named the Anguilla United Movement (AUM) until being rebranded in 2019 alongside new leaders and colours. It was founded in early 1980 by Ronald Webster and ...
(AUM) candidate Patrick Hanley by a single vote. Bradley secured 394 votes (49.81%) to Hanley's 393 votes (49.68%). Cora Richardson-Hodge
Cora Richardson-Hodge is an Anguillan politician who is the Premier of Anguilla, member of the House of Assembly (Anguilla), House of Assembly for Sandy Hill (Anguilla House of Assembly Constituency), Sandy Hill, and leader of the Anguilla United ...
, Pam Webster and Evalie Bradley became the first elected women parliamentarian since the election of Albena Lake-Hodge
Albena Lake-Hodge (1920 – October 22, 1985) was an educator and politician in Anguilla. She was known as "Teacher Albena".
She was head of the Valley Girls' School in Anguilla. In 1970, she guided the amalgamation of the Valley Girls' Schoo ...
in 1984.[
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Personal life
Bradley tutored students for many years in typewriting and has been an active local preacher in the Methodist Church
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christianity, Christian Christian tradition, tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother ...
. She has also been president of the Bethel Women’s Association.
References
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1954 births
Anguillan women in politics
21st-century women politicians
Members of the House of Assembly of Anguilla
Living people