Biography of Pamela Gordon
Name: Pamela Gordon
Birth Date: September 2, 1955
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Hamilton, Bermuda
Nationality: Bermudan
Gender: Female
Occupations: politician
Pamela Gordon
The daughter of a prominent legislator, Pamela Gordon (born 1955) used her family name and her own political skills to become Bermuda's first woman premier in 1997.When Pamela Gordon was sworn in as the premier (prime minister) of Bermuda on March 27, 1997, she became the first woman and the youngest person ever to hold that post. At the age of 41, she had already lived an eventful life--giving birth to a child at the age of 16 and overcoming the economic obstacles posed by early motherhood by working in a variety of jobs. However, Gordon had two things going for her: she was the daughter of one of the founding fathers of Bermuda politics, and she had considerable political skills of her own. She used these resources in steering the United Bermuda Party to victory.An Unconventional FamilyPamela Gordon was born on September 2, 1955 in Hamilton, Bermuda. She was the youngest of five children …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…books in Bermuda, and is popular with voters, though it has not been invoked since the late 1970s.By the spring of 1998, Gordon was shoring up her political support, especially among blacks and labor unions, for what was expected to be a hotly contested election campaign. Now a member of the African Methodist Episcopalian Church, she remained single following her divorce and maintained a close relationship with her daughter Victoria and son Ronald. She lived with her mother in the family home at Beulah until her election to the premiership. Her mother remains convinced that Gordon's father would approve of her taking over the "family business." "He would have been absolutely delighted," Mildred Bean told the Bermuda Sun. "He would have said: 'Although you [the establishment] didn't want me, now my daughter is in charge." Further Reading The Bermuda Sun, March 21, 1997; March 27, 1997.The Daily Telegraph, January 27, 1998.Reuters, March 24, 1997; March 25, 1997; February 13, 1998.
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