Miss Robyn-Dawn Lynes
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Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie announced
Wednesday that he has advised Her Excellency Governor-General Dame Marguerite
Pindling to appoint Miss Robyn-Dawn Lynes to fill the vacancy in the Senate.
In making the announcement of the new Senator, the Prime
Minister said: “I am delighted that Robin has accepted my invitation to join
our dynamic team in the Senate. She is a new generation thinker and activist
who has a brilliant career in public life ahead of her. She is a highly
intelligent, unselfishly motivated, young woman of deeply-held Christian
beliefs who has already demonstrated an innovative, hands-on approach to
helping at-risk youth in our Over-the-Hill communities. In addition, Robin has
a first-class legal mind and outstanding communication skills. These talents will no doubt be of great
service to her and the country as she attends to her legislative duties in the
Senate.”
Miss Lynes is a member of the Bahamas Bar and a partner in
the law practice of Kingdom Law Advocates. She graduated with a First Class
honours LL.B degree from the University of Buckingham in England in 2006,
following which she graduated from the BPP College of Professional Studies in
London. She was called to the English Bar as a member of the Honourable Society
of Lincoln’s Inn in November 2008, and then to the Bahamas Bar in June 2009.
She also later earned her LL.M degree in law from the Chicago-Kent College of
Law.
A product of the public school system in The Bahamas, Miss
Lynes earlier attended C.R. Walker Secondary School where she excelled both
academically and athletically. She was selected an Outstanding Student in
Bahamian High Schools and Colleges for three consecutive years. Miss Lynes
subsequently enrolled in the College of The Bahamas where she was consistently
on the Dean’s Honours List. She
graduated in 2003 after which she proceeded to England for her law studies.
In addition to her legal career, Miss Lynes is active in
church and community work. She is Youth
Minister with the Voice of the Watchman Ministries; Founder and President of Core
of Hope Youth Resource Centre, a social outreach organization for underprivileged
young people in Over-the-Hill communities; and a member of the National
Committee for Families and Children.
Miss Lynes is also a member of the Board of Directors of
Nassau Flight Services Limited and a former member of the Air Transport
Advisory Board. She also currently
serves as a National Vice-Chairperson of the Progressive Liberal Party.