Ayanna Webster-Roy
{{Short description|Trinidad and Tobago politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Ayanna Webster-Roy
| image =
| office = Member of Parliament for Tobago East
| term_start = 11 September 2015
| term_end = 18 March 2025
| predecessor = Vernella Alleyne-Toppin
| successor = David Thomas
| primeminister = Keith Rowley
| party = People's National Movement
}}
Ayanna Webster-Roy is a Trinidad and Tobago People's National Movement politician. She was elected a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for Tobago East in the 2015 general election. She was a Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister.{{Cite web|title=The Honourable Ayanna Webster-Roy, MP|url=http://www.news.gov.tt/content/honourable-ayanna-webster-roy-mp#.YSf-8o5Kg2x|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Trinidad and Tobago Government News|archive-date=2021-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828140826/http://www.news.gov.tt/content/honourable-ayanna-webster-roy-mp#.YSf-8o5Kg2x}}
Early life
Webster-Roy was born in Roxborough, Tobago and attended Roxborough Anglican School and Bishop's High School. She graduated from the University of the West Indies in 2002 with a major in Sociology and minors in Human Resource Management and Psychology. Her first job was with the National On-the-Job Training Programme as a Field / Placement Officer for the Tobago region.{{Cite news|date=July 14, 2020|title=Ayanna Webster-Roy {{!}} PNM: Tobago East|work=Trinidad Express|url=https://trinidadexpress.com/elections/2020/candidates/pnm/ayanna-webster-roy-pnm-tobago-east/article_d74d5190-c5fb-11ea-9473-8fdcac1b60eb.html|access-date=August 28, 2021|archive-date=August 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828140816/https://trinidadexpress.com/elections/2020/candidates/pnm/ayanna-webster-roy-pnm-tobago-east/article_d74d5190-c5fb-11ea-9473-8fdcac1b60eb.html|url-status=live}} She moved with her husband to England, where she worked from 2004 to 2008 as a Project Officer for the North Central London Specialised Commissioning Team in the Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust, St Ann's Hospital, London.{{Cite web|title=Ministers in Office of the Prime Minister|url=http://www.opm.gov.tt/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Office of the Prime Minister {{!}} Republic of Trinidad and Tobago|archive-date=2021-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509193230/https://www.opm.gov.tt/}}
In April 2010, she became a Community Development Coordinator in the Department of Community Development in the Tobago House of Assembly.
Political career
Webster-Roy was first elected to the Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives on September 7, 2015, after the 2015 general election. She is a member of the People's National Movement for the electoral district of Tobago East. On September 11, 2015, she was appointed Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister.{{Cite web|title=The Honourable Ayanna Webster-Roy, MP|url=http://www.ttparliament.org/members.php?mid=54&id=AWR15|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Trinidad and Tobago Parliament|archive-date=2020-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812180846/http://ttparliament.org/members.php?mid=54&id=AWR15}} She was re-elected to her seat in the 2020 general election on August 10, 2020. On August 19, 2020, she was appointed Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister and she has responsibility for Gender and Child Affairs, Ecclesiastical Affairs and Central Administration Services in Tobago.{{Cite news|last=Nanton|first=Sampson|date=August 19, 2020|title=T&T's new 21-member Cabinet|work=Trinidad and Tobago Guardian|url=https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tts-new-21member-cabinet-6.2.1185301.66a089acbf|access-date=August 28, 2021|archive-date=August 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828140826/https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tts-new-21member-cabinet-6.2.1185301.66a089acbf|url-status=live}} In this role, she has been working on creating a white paper on the National Child Policy, which would be the first in the region.{{Cite news|last=De Souza|first=Janelle|date=September 6, 2020|title=Ayanna Webster-Roy: 'We are stronger as one nation'|work=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday|url=https://newsday.co.tt/2020/09/06/ayanna-webster-roy-we-are-stronger-as-one-nation/|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-date=September 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907055418/https://newsday.co.tt/2020/09/06/ayanna-webster-roy-we-are-stronger-as-one-nation/|url-status=live}}
In the 2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election, Webster-Roy was unseated by David Thomas from the Tobago People's Party.{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Newsday |date=2025-04-30 |title=Victorious David Thomas wants resources for Tobago |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2025/04/30/victorious-david-thomas-wants-resources-for-tobago/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Electoral history
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