Name Melanie Griffin | Role Politician | |
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Similar Glenys Hanna Martin, Allyson Maynard Gibson, Hope Strachan, Janet Bostwick, Ivy Dumont | ||
Melanie Griffin is a politician in The Bahamas who was elected as a member of Parliament of the Bahamas for the Yamacraw Constituency, and was Minister of Social Services and Community Development.
Top and Bottom right is Melanie Griffin with her mother Telator Strachan
She was appointed to the senate in 1999 and at the time was the only female member of the Progressive Liberal Party in the senate. She has represented the Yamacraw constituency in Parliament since 2002.
As Minister of Social Services and Community Development Griffin has enacted four major pieces of legislation – The Residential Care Facilities Act 2004, the Child Protection Act, 2007; the Domestic Violence (Protection Orders) Act, 2007 and the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities) Bill Act, 2014.
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