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Lloyd J. Richardson: physician and President of Parliament (2014–2015)

A profile of Dr. Lloyd J. Richardson, the Aruba-born physician who co-founded the Turning Point substance-abuse centre and was President of the Parliament of Sint Maarten from 2014 to 2015.

By SXM Daily ·

Dr. Lloyd J. Richardson is a physician and former politician who was President of the Parliament of Sint Maarten from 1 December 2014 to 12 October 2015. According to the Stichting Cooperation board biography, he was born in San Nicolas, Aruba, on 11 May 1950, and moved to St. Maarten after 1968.

Medical career

According to the board biography published by Stichting Cooperation, Richardson earned an associate degree in liberal arts at Caribbean Union College in Trinidad, a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Andrews University in Michigan, and his medical degree at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in 1979. From 1981 until he retired in 2010 he was the control physician of the social security bank, later known as SZV, for the Windward Islands.

Turning Point

In 1989 he co-founded Turning Point, a substance-abuse centre now known as Stichting Cooperation, with Roland Tuitt and Julian Richards. He still sits on its board. The foundation's biography also credits him with co-founding the St. Maarten Students Association in 1982 and serving as secretary of the Windward Islands Medical Association from 1984 to 1995.

Parliament

Richardson was a Member of Parliament for the United People's Party, SXMIslandTime reported in 2014. On Monday 1 December 2014 his fellow MPs elected him President of Parliament, SXMIslandTime reported. He gave up the post on 12 October 2015, The Daily Herald reported. He is not among Parliament's current members.

Sources

  • https://stcosxm.org/board
  • https://sxmelections.com/news/4596/mp-dr-lloyd-richardson-voted-in-as-president-of-parliament
  • https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/president-of-parliament-dr-lloyd-richardson-makes-position-available
  • https://sxmparliament.org/members/

Source: https://stcosxm.org/board

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