Paula Cox

The Honourable Paula Cox
10th Premier of Bermuda
In office 29 October 2010 – 18 December 2012
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	Richard Gozney David Arkley (Acting) George Fergusson
Preceded by	Ewart Brown
Succeeded by	Craig Cannonier
Leader of the Progressive Labour Party
In office 28 October 2010 – 21 December 2012
Preceded by	Ewart Brown
Succeeded by	Marc Bean
Personal details
Born	1964 (age 52–53)?
Political party	Progressive Labour Party
Alma mater	McGill University University of Manchester

Paula Ann Cox CBE (born c. 1964) is a Bermudian politician and former Premier of Bermuda. She has been the leader of the Bermuda Progressive Labour Party (PLP), since 28 October 2010. In accordance with the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968, she was appointed Premier of Bermuda, on Friday, 29 October 2010 by Governor Sir Richard Gozney. She was succeeded as Premier by Craig Cannonier on 18 December 2012, when she led her party into election defeat, losing her own seat in the process.

Paula Cox, the only daughter born to Bermudians C. Eugene and Alinda F. Cox, spent her early years living in Sandys Parish. She attended The Berkeley Institute and Havergal College. She later earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from McGill University in Canada, and a post-graduate Diploma in International Law from the University of Manchester. She trained as a Solicitor at the College of Law, Chancery Lane, London, and was called to the Bermuda Bar in January 1992. She received an honorary doctorate in Education at the May 2004 Commencement Exercise of Wheelock College (USA) and more recently, in 2009, was made an Honorary Alumnus of Dalhousie University.

Cox was first elected to Parliament in October 1996 when she won the Devonshire North by-election (Constituency 14). A seat formally held by the then Opposition Leader, Mr. L. Frederick Wade, JP, MP. Then in her mid-30s, Mrs. Cox became one of the youngest members of the House of Assembly.

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