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The Senate (upper house) – the direct successor of a pre-Independence body known as the "Legislative Council" – comprises 21 senators appointed by the Governor General: 13 on the advice of the Prime Minister and eight on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.
Not more than four Ministers can be appointed from the Senate, and they may have portfolio responsibilities. The Senate usually functions as a review chamber, considering Bills passed by the House of Representatives. But the Senate may also initiate legislation, except money Bills. It cannot delay money Bills for more than one month nor any other Bill for more than seven months.
At the first meeting of a newly-appointed Senate, or when there is a vacancy, senators elect a President and a Deputy President. A minister or parliamentary secretary may not hold office as President or Deputy President. |
| Members of the Senate |
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Members Name |
Party |
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Senator Hon. Thomas George Lewis Tavares-Finson, JP, President |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Aubyn Rochester Hill, Deputy President |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Hon. Kamina Elizabeth Johnson Smith, Leader of Government Business |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Hon. Ruel Bancroft Reid, CD, JP |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Hon. Pearnel Patroe Charles, Jnr |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Ransford Braham |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Kavan Anthony Gayle |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Dr. Sapphire Inderea Longmore |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Kerensia Alicia Morrison |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Matthew Peter Samuda |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Charles Anthony Sinclair |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Donald George Wehby |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Delroy Hugh Williams |
Jamaica Labour Party |
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Senator Mark Jefferson Golding, Leader of Opposition Business |
People's National Party |
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Senator Hon.Keith Desmond St. Aubyn Knight, OJ,QC |
People's National Party |
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Senator Floyd Emerson Morris |
People's National Party |
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Senator Dr. Angela Rosemarie Brown-Burke |
People's National Party |
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Senator Wensworth Kirkpatrick Skeffery |
People's National Party |
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Senator Sophia Lilleth Fraser-Binns |
People's National Party |
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Senator Lambert Alexander Brown, CD |
People's National Party |
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Senator Noel Bancroft Sloley, CD |
People's National Party |
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| Previous Members of the Senate |
Second Simpson-Miller Administration |
| source: http://www.jis.gov.jm/government/about-government |
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