Tracy Taegar Panton is a
Belizean politician. A member of the
United Democratic Party, she has represented the
Albert constituency
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in the
Belize House of Representatives since
2015
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Her father, Dr Leroy Taegar, was a council candidate for the
PUP in 1977.
Before running for parliament Panton had a career in the tourism industry in Belize. She spent 12 years as the director of the Belize Tourism Board before leaving in 2009. In 2012 she was appointed chief executive of the
Ministry of Tourism and Culture, a post she held until being selected for the Albert seat in 2015.
In 2022 Panton ran for the leadership of the UDP, and lost against
Shyne Barrow.
The 2025 election had two sets of UDP candidates, some around leader Barrow, and others around Panton. Panton's faction defeated Barrow in his Mesopotamia seat, making Panton the new leader of the opposition.
On Friday 14 March 2025 she officially became the
leader of the opposition
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, the first female politician to hold that position.
References
Living people
21st-century Belizean politicians
United Democratic Party (Belize) politicians
21st-century Belizean women politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Members of the Belize House of Representatives for Albert
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