Osborne Symes

{{Short description|Dominican politician (born 1937)}}

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|office1 = Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica

|primeminister1 = Edison James

|predecessor1 = Neva Edwards

|successor1 = Alix Boyd Knights

|term_start1 = 3 August 1995

|term_end1 = 16 April 2000

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|birth_name = Frederick Osborne George Symes

|birth_date = 31 August 1937

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|death_date = 12 March 2013

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Frederick Osborne George Symes was a Dominican civil servant who served as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica during United Workers Party administration from 1995 to 2000.

Symes was born in Roseau on 31 August 1937.{{cite web |title=Personalities Caribbean |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M11sAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Personalities Limited |language=en |date=1977}} He worked as an accountant by profession and served in the treasury department of Ministry of Finance of Dominica. He also acted as cabinet secretary on occasion. He retired from the public service in 1993. In 1995, Symes was approached by the UWP to be nominated as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica, and he accepted the nomination. He was replaced following UWP loss in the 2000 elections. He worked for eight years as a director in National Bank of Dominica.{{cite web |title=ANNUAL REPORT - STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS for the year ended 30th June 2004|url=http://prev.ecsrc.com/PDFs/NBD-AnnRep2004v2.pdf |publisher=National Bank of Dominica}}

Symes died of heart failure on 12 March 2013.{{cite web |title=Ossie Symes - career civil servant and House Speaker |url=https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/human-interest/ossie-symes-career-civil-servant-and-house-speaker/ |website=Dominica News Online |date=19 March 2013}} He received a state funeral.{{cite web |title=Ossie Symes laid to rest |url=http://sundominica.com/articles/ossie-symes-laid-to-rest-18/ |website=The Sun}}