23rd Guam Legislature

The 23rd Guam Legislature was a meeting of the Guam Legislature. It convened in Hagatna, Guam on January 2, 1995 and ended on January 6, 1997, during the 1st and 2nd years of Carl T.C. Gutierrez's 1st Gubernatorial Term.

In the 1994 Guamanian general election, the Democratic Party of Guam won a thirteen-to-eight (13-8) majority of seats in the Guam Legislature.^[1]

It had been expected that Senator Thomas C. "Tom" Ada would be chosen by his colleagues as Speaker of the Guam Legislature, but a group of Democratic and Republican Senators elected Parkinson as Speaker, instead.^[2][3][4]

Party Summary

Affiliation	Party (shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
End of previous legislature	14	7	21
Begin	13	8	21
Latest Voting share	61.9%	38.1%
Beginning of the next legislature	10	11	21

Leadership

Legislative

• Speaker: Don Parkinson
• Vice Speaker: Theodore "Ted" S. Nelson
• Legislative Secretary: Judith Won Pat-Borja

Membership

Senator	Party		Assumed office
Thomas C. Ada		Democratic	1993
Judith Won Pat-Borja			1995
Sonny L. Orsini			1995
Vicente C. "Ben" Pangelinan			1993
Don Parkinson			1983
Angel L.G. Santos			1995
Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero			1995
Joe T. San Agustin			1977
Ted S. Nelson			1993
Francis E. Santos			1993
John P. Aguon			1989
Mark C. Charfauros			1995
Hope A. Cristobal			1995
Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson		Republican	1995
Anthony C. Blaz			1991
Mark Forbes			1995
Alberto C. Lamorena, V			1995
Antonio R. Unpingco			1989
Joanne S. Brown			1995
Carlotta A. Leon Guerrero			1995
Felix P. Camacho			1993

References

1. Guam Election Commission. "Election Comparative Analysis Report, 11th Edition, 1994". Page 25
2. Guampedia. Republican Party of Guam, Hagatna, Guam.
3. Haidee V. Eugenio. Democrats pick Barnes as speaker, Nelson as vice speaker, committee chairmanships, Hagatna, Guam. 4 January 2019.
4. Haidee V. Eugenio. Minority wants bills heard within 90 days instead of 180 days, Barnes poised to become next speaker, Hagatna, Guam. 3 January 2019.