Vernon Symonette was a Bahamian politician and former Speaker of the House of Assembly. He was born on 8 November 1937 in

Matthew Town Matthew Town is the chief and only settlement on Great Inagua Island in the far south of the Bahamas. It is located on the southwest corner of the island. It was named after Bahamian Governor George Buckley-Mathew (1844–1849) and first settled ...

, Inagua. He worked as an accountant. He was a freemason and treasurer in Zion Baptist Church, Inagua. He was a member of

Free National Movement The Free National Movement (abbreviated FNM) is a political party in the Bahamas formed in the early 1970s and led by Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield. The current leader of the party is Michael Pintard and the current deputy leader is Shanendon C ...

. He was first elected to the

House of Assembly of the Bahamas The Parliament of The Bahamas is the bicameral national parliament of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The parliament is formally made up of the sovereign (represented by the governor-general), an appointed Senate, and an elected House of Asse ...

in 1982. He represented the Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island, Acklins and Long Cay constituency. He was elected

Speaker of the House The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hung ...

from 1992 to 1997. He was a member of the House of Assembly until 2002. He was minister of state in the ministry of works. He was also non-resident ambassador to several Central American countries. He died on 7 July 2022.

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