Ivy Dumont

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|honorific_prefix = The Most Honourable

|name = Dame Ivy Dumont

|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DCMG}}

|order = 7th

|office = Governor-General of the Bahamas

|monarch = Elizabeth II

|primeminister = Hubert Ingraham
Perry Christie

|term_start = 1 January 2002

|term_end = 30 November 2005
Acting: 13 November 2001 – 1 January 2002

|predecessor = Sir Orville Turnquest

|successor = Paul Adderley (acting)

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1930|10|2|df=yes}}

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|spouse = {{marriage|Reginald Dumont|24 August 1951|17 December 2011|reason=died}}

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Dame Ivy Leona Dumont {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DCMG}} ({{nee}} Turnquest; born 2 October 1930),[https://books.google.com/books?id=D4_oAwAAQBAJ&dq=Dame+Ivy+Leona+Dumont+2+Oct+1930&pg=PA49 Profile of Dame Ivy Leona Dumont] is a Bahamian politician who served as the seventh governor-general of the Bahamas. She was the first woman in the Bahamas to hold this office, from 1 January 2002 (on an acting basis since 13 November 2001) until 30 November 2005. She previously served as Minister of Education from 1995 to 2001.{{cite web |last1=Dames |first1=Terren |title=The Historical Development of Tertiary Education in the Bahamas: The College of the Bahamas, Past, Present, and Future |url=https://www.academia.edu/88542178 |date=1 May 2010}}

Early life

Turnquest was born on 2 October 1930, at Roses on Long Island in the Bahamas.{{sfn|Bahamas Information Services|2011|p=29}} After completing her elementary education in Roses and Buckleys settlements on Long Island, she continued her schooling at the Government High School on New Providence.{{sfn|The Nassau Guardian|2001}} Attaining her Cambridge Junior Certificate in 1946 and her Cambridge Senior Certificate in 1947, Turnquest graduated in 1948. She furthered her studies at the Bahamas Teachers’ Training College earning her training teaching certificate in 1951.{{sfn|Bahamas Information Services|2011|p=29}} Around this same time, Turnquest married Reginald Dumont (1920 – 17 December 2011){{Cite web|url=https://www.bahamaslocal.com/newsitem/38312/TRIBUTES_PAID_TOREGINALD_DUMONT.html|title = TRIBUTES PAID TO REGINALD DUMONT | Bahamas Local News}} a Guyanese immigrant who was working for the Bahamas Police Force on 24 August 1951.{{sfn|Bahamas National|2011}} She began working for the Ministry of Education and Culture as a student teacher{{sfn|The Nassau Guardian|2001}} and earned her full teaching certificate in 1954.{{sfn|Bahamas Information Services|2011|p=29}}

Career

Upon receipt of her credentials, Dumont started her career as a classroom teacher.{{sfn|East|Thomas|2014|p=34}} In 1962 and 1963, she studied in the United States as a Fulbright scholar and then in 1965, earned a General Certificate of Education from the Teachers' Union Institute. From 1968 to 1970, Dumont attended the University of Miami,{{sfn|Bahamas Information Services|2011|p=29}} graduating with her bachelor's degree in education. Appointed as head teacher at that time,{{sfn|East|Thomas|2014|p=34}}{{sfn|Government of The Bahamas|2011}} Dumont then moving into administration, serving as education officer and as deputy director of education,{{sfn|Government of The Bahamas|2011}} before completing her education career after 21 years in 1975.{{sfn|East|Thomas|2014|p=34}}

Dumont then began working as the deputy permanent secretary of the Ministry of Works and Utilities in 1975. She continued her own education and enrolled at Nova University in 1976. Dumont graduated with a doctorate in public administration in 1978 and that same year left the Ministry of Works{{sfn|Government of The Bahamas|2011}} and began working for Roywest Trust Corporation/Nat West International Trust Holdings Limited as a training officer.{{sfn|The Nassau Guardian|2001}} She remained with Nat West for the next thirteen years, serving as an assistant manager, then personnel manager and group relations manager, before retiring in 1991.{{sfn|Bahamas Information Services|2011|p=29}}{{sfn|Government of The Bahamas|2011}}

In 1992, Dumont was appointed to the Senate as a representative of the Free National Movement (FNM). Simultaneously, she was promoted to the cabinet by Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, to serve as Minister of Health and Environment. She held this post until 1995, when she was moved to the Ministry of Education and Training. That ministry and Dumont's post transitioned to the Ministry of Education in 1997. She retired from the cabinet in 2000, but retained her Senate seat. In 2001, when Sir Orville Turnquest resigned as Governor-General to facilitate his son Tommy Turnquest's run for party leadership the following year, Dumont was selected as his interim replacement on 13 November 2001. She was confirmed as the permanent Governor-General{{sfn|East|Thomas|2014|p=34}} on 1 January 2002, becoming the first woman to hold the post.{{sfn|Government of The Bahamas|2011}}{{sfn|The Nassau Guardian|2002}} She resigned from the post on 30 November 2005 and the following day was feted with a farewell ceremony commemorating her fifty-eight years in public service.{{sfn|Pinder|2005}}

In 2007, the University of the West Indies conferred an honorary doctor of laws degree upon Dumont.{{sfn|Bahamas Weekly|2007}} After leaving public service, Dumont wrote her autobiography, Roses to Mount Fitzwilliam and remained active, speaking to public schools and encouraging youth to further their education.{{sfn|The Nassau Guardian|2011}}

References

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{{cite book|last1=East|first1=Roger|last2=Thomas|first2=Richard J.|title=Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gJG3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA34|year=2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|location=London, England|isbn=978-1-317-63939-8}}
{{cite news|last1=Pinder |first1=Macushla N. |title=Dame Ivy Dumont Says Farewell |url=http://www.bahamasb2b.com/news/wmview.php?ArtID=6476 |access-date=22 January 2017 |newspaper=The Bahama Journal |date=1 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122190847/http://www.bahamasb2b.com/news/wmview.php?ArtID=6476 |archive-date=22 January 2017 |location=Nassau, Bahamas |via=Bahamas B2B.com |url-status=dead }}
{{cite news|ref={{harvid|Bahamas Weekly|2007}} |title=Award of Honorary Doctor of Laws Ivy Dumont |url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/bis-news-updates/Dame_Ivy_Dumont_Receives_Honourary_LLD_from_UWI_printer.shtml |access-date=22 January 2017 |agency=Bahamas Information Services |newspaper=Bahamas Weekly |date=12 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122193222/http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/bis-news-updates/Dame_Ivy_Dumont_Receives_Honourary_LLD_from_UWI_printer.shtml |archive-date=22 January 2017 |location=Nassau, Bahamas |url-status=dead }}
{{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Nassau Guardian|2001}}|author=|title=Bahamas to get first woman GG|url=http://www.bahamaslibraries.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=212%3Adame-ivy-as-governor-general&Itemid=111|access-date=22 January 2017|newspaper=The Nassau Guardian|date=2 January 2002|location=Nassau, Bahamas|via=Bahamas National Library and Information Services}}
{{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Nassau Guardian|2002}}|author=|title=Dame Ivy as Governor-General |url=http://www.bahamaslibraries.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=221%3Abahamas..|access-date=22 January 2017|newspaper=The Nassau Guardian|date=13 November 2001|location=Nassau, Bahamas|via=Bahamas National Library and Information Services}}
{{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Nassau Guardian|2011}} |title=Dame Ivy mesmerizes Lyford Cay International School students |url=http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=17869:dame-ivy-mesmerizes-lyford-cay-international-school-students&Itemid=57 |access-date=22 January 2017 |newspaper=The Nassau Guardian |date=30 November 2011 |location=Nassau, Bahamas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122194207/http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=17869%3Adame-ivy-mesmerizes-lyford-cay-international-school-students&Itemid=57 |archive-date=22 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web|ref={{harvid|Bahamas Information Services|2011}} |title=Her Excellency Dame Ivy Dumont |url=https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/9b731071-2f43-4420-9935-a1dd57304c91/Dame+Ivy+Dumont+Bio.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |website=Government of The Bahamas |publisher=Bahamas Information Services |access-date=22 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122170045/https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/9b731071-2f43-4420-9935-a1dd57304c91/Dame%20Ivy%20Dumont%20Bio.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |archive-date=22 January 2017 |location=Nassau, Bahamas |date=2011 |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web|ref={{harvid|Government of The Bahamas|2011}}|author=|title=Her Excellency Dame Ivy Dumont|url=https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/portal/public/the%20government/governor%20general/her%20excellency%20dame%20ivy%20dumont/!ut/p/b1/vZTJcqMwFEW_JR_gIGa8FGESGJlBYMOGYjKDDbYxMdhf305XL9Jd1UkvOtFbqeo8XelIJSqmtlTcp9emSsfm2KeHt3ksJCzQbQg5ydZ5IAAUOCvoiAazpvkHEH0AcOCz_g21zSJuqR7tSlf9q9s5JlRTnEVCTaJ0p-U9qsEa7ZfTotU2VuiMzHZQh7jVMqsf47kgqDNTkYQePMV6HTdxYDWvEQHFKBE_SfDicFcmtNks8NZUY7bOMnlAO7531RdQaqEwk2MtRmO0U2y2ErqJXhM7sufzwZOGiK77vNVwOQrXroqtUveZxWtWa_MO3xbS6-VUTE9PvxyAvwz4Dw7iDxGL-QR40_wT-GAP0QMQ361AQgAQDaDn0y6QME0Ragu4xG9vJ3Tf370WzJa9Hy07cyegBDd_P_g40xAuPIwVBGgS3LECZ6zYDCGm4xeOU4ReIENlUAG6_Bm4ZsjyEfhCC1bAAx9wXx2o82vp4UgkDuQZoK_p7w5kv1Wp7qzBl5_wt0fDuf__Dk0qbrLuecq7Z_AsLQWaFyVuKQmA4ySRCttIEJULmhQ1TMxoNC56zhQtV10sCIpNt7-afnq60iLsEKyhT1qWOQicnbYCRmylynR4ZodqzLpp5ar9La8M03RC-TrbTarnTWfJk0amZSQroevbDl-6xS2LM9RuvH0RHO6MhNqy3F43_nCeTvpKCmCrSZtVXEo8c9jS5iDfcg4PqZVMziKx2NjLgtlxznmzxLQkiszEzJFrkmWPXg1t9q12dwjlxDobi2NJ-inhdLwzuLp6fCvYOHYldeqC60rwjPv2XZXw6Qds_QfQ/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|website=Government of The Bahamas|access-date=22 January 2017|location=Nassau, Bahamas|date=2011}}
{{cite web|ref={{harvid|Bahamas Civil Registration|1930}}|author=|title=Marriages 1930-1931:Turnquest/Darville|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR3M-LBL?mode=g&i=246&cc=1922411|website=FamilySearch|access-date=22 January 2017|publisher=Bahamas Registrar General|location=Nassau, Bahamas|date=22 June 1930}}
{{cite news|ref={{harvid|Bahamas National|2011}} |title=Reginald Dumont Dies |url=http://www.bahamasnational.com/?q=node/1672 |access-date=22 January 2017 |work=Bahamas National |date=December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122181025/http://www.bahamasnational.com/?q=node%2F1672 |archive-date=22 January 2017 |location=Nassau, Bahamas |url-status=dead }}