Cora Richardson-Hodge
{{Short description|Anguillan politician}}
{{infobox officeholder
|birth_name = Evalie Bradley nee Hughes
|office1 = Premier of Anguilla
|term_start1 = 27 February 2025
|term_end1 =
|office2 = House of Assembly for Sandy Hill
|term_start2 = 2015
|term_end2 =
|birth_date = 12 October 1954
|birth_place = Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S.
|spouse =
|children = 2
}}
Cora Richardson-Hodge is an Anguillan politician who is the Premier of Anguilla, member of the House of Assembly for Sandy Hill, and leader of the Anguilla United Front. She is the first woman to serve as Premier of Anguilla and was among the first women elected to the House of Assembly since 1984.
Early life and education
Cora Richardson-Hodge was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, to Kenneth Richardson and Doris Connor-Richardson. Her parents who were born in Anguilla, but moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands. She graduated from Charlotte Amalie High School.{{sfn|Smith|2025}}
Richardson-Hodge graduated with a bachelor of science in environmental science from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1995, a Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law in 1999, and a Legal Education Certificate from Eugene Dupuch Law School in 2001.{{sfn|Smith|2025}}{{sfn|Caribbean Elections}} The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court trained her as a mediator.{{sfn|Caribbean Elections}}
Career
The Florida Bar admitted Richardson-Hodge in 1999, the bar associations of Anguilla and the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2001, and the bar association of St. Christopher and Nevis in 2002.{{sfn|Caribbean Elections}} She moved to Anguilla and worked as an attorney, founding the firm CR Hodge & Associates.{{sfn|Smith|2025}}
In the 2010 Anguillian general election Richardson-Hodge was the Anguilla United Front (AUF) nominee for a seat in the House of Assembly from the East End, but lost. She was elected from the Sandy Hill constituency in 2015. She, alongside Evalie A. Bradley and Palmavon Webster, were the first women elected to the House of Assembly since Abena Lake-Hodge in 1984.{{sfn|Caribbean Elections}}
Richardson-Hodge was Minister of Home Affairs. She was the deputy leader of the AUF before becoming its leader and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly on 3 July 2020.{{sfn|The Anguillian|2020}} The AUF won a majority of House of Assembly seats in the 2025 general election. Richardson-Hodge was sworn in as the first female premier of Anguilla on 27 February 2025.{{sfn|Bird|2025}}
Personal life
Richardson-Hodge is married and has two children.{{sfn|Caribbean Elections}}
References
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Works cited
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=News=
- {{Cite news |last=Bird |first=Rebecca |date=27 February 2025 |title=Cora Richardson Hodge sworn in as Anguilla’s first female premier |work=Anguilla Focus |url=https://anguillafocus.com/cora-richardson-hodge-sworn-in-as-anguillas-first-female-premier/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617032634/https://anguillafocus.com/cora-richardson-hodge-sworn-in-as-anguillas-first-female-premier/ |archive-date=17 June 2025}}
- {{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Sheridan |date=27 February 2025 |title=Cora Richardson Hodge sworn in as Anguilla’s first female premier |work=The Anguillian Newspaper |url=https://theanguillian.com/2014/03/cora-richardson-hodge-are-leaders-born-or-made-by-sheridan-smith/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220314153918/https://theanguillian.com/2014/03/cora-richardson-hodge-are-leaders-born-or-made-by-sheridan-smith/ |archive-date=14 March 2022}}
- {{Cite news |date=6 July 2020 |title=Former AUF Minister Now Opposition Leader |work=The Anguillian |url=https://theanguillian.com/2020/07/former-auf-minister-now-opposition-leader/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617033933/https://theanguillian.com/2020/07/former-auf-minister-now-opposition-leader/ |archive-date=17 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|The Anguillian|2020}}}}
=Web=
- {{Cite web |title=Cora Richardson-Hodge |work=Caribbean Elections |url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/knowledge/biography/bios/richardson_hodge_cora.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517172910/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/knowledge/biography/bios/richardson_hodge_cora.asp |archive-date=17 May 2022 |ref={{harvid|Caribbean Elections}}}}
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Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:Members of the House of Assembly of Anguilla
Category:Anguillan women in politics
Category:Women government ministers of Anguilla
Category:Women opposition leaders
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Government ministers of Anguilla
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