Sharon Hay-Webster
Jamaican politician (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sharon Hay-Webster (born 29 September 1961) is a Jamaican politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Jamaica from 1997 to 2012, representing the People's National Party.[1] She came to international attention after the 2004 Haitian coup d'état, when she escorted Jean-Bertrand Aristide from his temporary exile in the Central African Republic to Jamaica at the invitation of then-Prime Minister of Jamaica P. J. Patterson.[2]
Sharon Hay-Webster | |
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Member of Parliament for South Central St. Catherine | |
In office 1997–2012 | |
Preceded by | Heather Robinson |
Succeeded by | Denise Daley |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Jamaican |
Political party | Jamaica Labour Party (formerly a member of the People's National Party) |
Alma mater | University of the West Indies |
Hay-Webster's third term in parliament was marred by a controversy over her citizenship of the United States, leading her to announce in 2009 that she would renounce U.S. citizenship. However, in 2011 it came to light through the United States diplomatic cables leak that she had withdrawn her application for renunciation, meaning she remained a U.S. citizen. As the ongoing controversy heated up, Hay-Webster resigned from the PNP, and her former party called for her to step down from her parliamentary seat as well.[3] Her resignation from the PNP made her only the third independent politician in 19 years to sit in parliament.[4] Hay-Webster joined the Jamaica Labour Party in November 2011 before losing her seat in parliament in the 2011 Jamaican general election.