KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former leader of opposition business in the Senate, Tom Tavares Finson, will be elevated to the position of president of the Senate when Parliament returns from its current election break.

Tavares Finson will succeed Floyd Morris who was elected as President in 2013 to replace Rev Stanley Redwood, who resigned from the Senate and moved to Canada. Senator Morris was Jamaica’s first blind Senator and President.

Tavares Finson is a member of the Bar Association of Jamaica, the Advocates Association of Jamaica, and the Lay Magistrates’ Association. He is also a member of the Senate and of the Central Executive and Standing Committee of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and a nominated commissioner of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) since 2006 after serving as a member of the Electoral Advisory Committee from 2005-2006.He also serves as a Director at D C Tavares & Finson Company Ltd.

He is married to Rose Tavares-Finson, née Costantini. They have a daughter named Capri (2001) and a son named Roman (2003). He has a son Christian (1982) and a daughter Leah (1986) from a previous marriage to former Miss World Cindy Breakspeare.

Balford Henry