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JoBeth Coleby-Davis
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Minister of Transport and Housing
Assumed office
23 September 2021
Prime MinisterPhilip "Brave" Davis
Member of Parliament
for Elizabeth
Assumed office
6 October 2021
Preceded byDuane Sands
Majority377 (9.74%)
Bahamas Senator
In office
May 2017 – September 2021
Prime MinisterHubert Minnis
Personal details
Born
JoBeth Lillian Coleby

(1984-07-17) 17 July 1984 (age 39)
Freeport, Bahamas
Political partyProgressive Liberal Party
SpouseDonavon Davis Jr
Alma mater
Websitewww.jobethforelizabeth.com

JoBeth Lillian Coleby-Davis (born 17 July 1984) is a Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party politician and attorney who has been the Bahamian Minister of Housing and Transport since 23 September 2021 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Elizabeth since 6 October 2021. Coleby-Davis defeated the FNM incumbent Duane Sands in the 2021 general election. She previously served in the Senate from 2017 to 2021.

Early life

Coleby-Davis was born in Freeport, Grand Bahama to Irma (née Bootle) and Wayde Coleby. She is the granddaughter of Granville Coleby and the niece of Edwin Coleby. She attended Walker Primary School. Her family relocated to the United States and then again to the Turks and Caicos where she finished her secondary education at Clement Howell High School. She pursued an Associate Degree in Law and Criminal Justice at the College of the Bahamas. She then took her studies to the United Kingdom, graduating with a dual Bachelor of Laws with Business Management from Keele University in 2009. She took a bar vocational course at Nottingham Trent University the following year before going on to graduate with a Master of Laws in Energy Law and Policy from the University of Dundee.[1]

Career

Coleby-Davis was called to the Bar of England and Wales and the Bar of the Bahamas. She provided legal counseling to ScotiaBank and the Bahamas Petroleum Company. She sat on the board Real Property Tax Appeal Tribunal and participated in the amnesty programme.

Coleby-Davis was appointed and sworn in as a Senator in 2017, when the PLP was in opposition. She accused the FNM government of being out of touch with millennial Bahamians.[2] In October 2020, she announced she would seek the PLP nomination for Elizabeth for the next election.[3] She was ratified in February 2021. She unseated FNM incumbent Duane Sands in the 2021 general election.[4]

After winning the election, she was appointed to be the Minister of Transport and Housing under the new prime minister, Philip "Brave" Davis[5] Coleby-Davis was officially sworn into parliament on 6 October 2021. During the opening of parliament, she seconded the nomination of Patricia Deveaux to become speaker of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas.[6]

References

  1. ^ Rose, Olivia (5 June 2017). "Former Clement Howell student becomes senator in the Bahamas". Turks and Caicos. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Gov't Out of Touch with Millennials". The Bahama Journal. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. ^ 16 October 2020, Sloan. "PLP Senator Jobeth Coleby-Davis vying for Elizabeth nomination". Eyewitness News. Retrieved 17 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - Bahamas MP - Elizabeth Race - Sep 16, 2021". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  5. ^ "FORMING YOUR GOVERNMENT: 11 more Cabinet ministers appointed in Davis administration". Eye Witness News. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Woman Named Speaker of The Bahamas House of Assembly". The Washington Informer. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

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