About Joan Purcell
Born 1942. Joan Purcell is a politician.
Dame Joan Millicent Purcell (DBE) on Carriacou. She has a bachelor's degree in social studies from University of the West Indies and University of Toronto.
In 1983 after United States invasion to Grenada, Purcell was invited to the interim government by Sir Paul Scoon. She was a member of the cabinet from 1983 to 1984.
Purcell was elected to the House of Representatives of Grenada in the 1990 elections from the St George constituency. She was re-elected to the house in the 1995 elections from Carriacou constituency.
Purcell was appointed President of the Senate from 2008 to 2013.
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Grenadian politician
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Joan Purcell was born on 23 September 1942.
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