Marguerite Pindling

Dame Marguerite Pindling, GCMG ON (née McKenzie; born 26 June 1932) is a former Governor-General of the Bahamas, having served from 8 July 2014 to 28 June 2019. She is also the wife of the late Sir Lynden Pindling, the first Prime Minister of The Bahamas.[1] She is the second female Governor-General of The Bahamas after Dame Ivy Dumont.

The Most Honourable Dame Marguerite Pindling GCMG ON
Pindling in May 2017
9th Governor-General of the Bahamas
In office 8 July 2014 – 28 June 2019
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Perry Christie Hubert Minnis
Preceded by	Sir Arthur Foulkes
Succeeded by	Cornelius A. Smith
Personal details
Born	Marguerite Matilda McKenzie 26 June 1932 Long Bay Cay, Bahamas
Spouse(s)	Sir Lynden Pindling ​ ​ (m. 1956; died 2000)​

Biography

Marguerite McKenzie was born to Reuben and Viola McKenzie in South Andros on 26 June 1932.[1] She moved to Nassau in 1946 to live with her sister and attended the Western Senior School.[2] She later became an assistant to photographer Stanley Toogood. Soon after, she met Lynden Pindling, who would go on to be the first black primer of the colony of the Bahama Islands(second primer to Sir Roland Symonette) from 1967 to 1969, then the first and longest serving Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 1969 to 1992. The couple married on 5 May 1956 and remained married until his death on 26 August 2000.[3] The couple had four children.[2]

She was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2014.[4][3]

References

1. "Bahamas New Governor General Announced". The Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
2. "Dame Marguerite Pindling Sworn In As 10th Governor General of the Bahamas". Caribbean Elections. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
3. "The life and times of Dame Marguerite Pindling, October 28th", Bahamas Historical Society. Bahamas Weekly, 23 October 2010,
4. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2207034