Glynis Roberts

Who is Glynis Roberts?

Glynis Roberts is a politician from the tri-island nation of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. She is the Political Leader of the National United Front and the first female leader of a political party in Grenada. She was first elected to parliament in 2003 and represents the St George South constituency for the National Democratic Congress in the House of Representatives of Grenada. The House of Representatives is the lower house of the Parliament of Grenada. It has 15 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies.

The St George South constituency, based in the southernmost part of Grenada, covers the communities of Calliste, True Blue, L'Anse aux Épines, Frequente, Grand Anse, Grand Anse Valley, Woburn, Springs and Belmont. It also takes in the Maurice Bishop International Airport in Point Salines, the world famous Grand Anse beach and St. George's University. Most of Grenada's major hotels are concentrated in the district.

Roberts, one of only two elected female members of Grenada's parliament, formerly served as Grenada's Minister of Environment and Trade which included responsibility for export development and foreign trade. She was also previously Minister of Labour and Women's Affairs and Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation. She is the former Treasurer of the ruling NDC party. She had an original stint as Minister of Social Development and Labour during the first year of the NDC's return to government in 2008 before being transferred to the tourism portfolio. While in opposition, she served as the shadow minister of tourism for the NDC.