Norman Manley and the latter as the PNP's unsuccessful candidate in the North East St Catherine constituency in the 1976 general election. Her mother was Haitian. Hay-Webster's family moved to Jamaica just a few months after her birth and raised her there. She graduated from St Hugh's Preparatory School and the University of the West Indies. She had long been interested in politics; and in later interviews claimed that the most exciting thing about turning 18 was that she gained the right to vote. She was especially attracted by the socialist ideals of PM Michael Manley. She applied for Jamaican citizenship in 1987, and took the Oath of Allegiance the following year. She married after entering politics. She and her husband would go on to have two children, but later divorced. Her uncle Calvin Fitz-Henley was murdered in downtown Kingston in May 2008. References 1961 births Living people American emigrants to Jamaica Jamaican people of Haitian descent 20th-century Jamaican women politicians 20th-century Jamaican politicians Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica People from Glen Ridge, New Jersey Former United States citizens University of the West Indies alumni 21st-century Jamaican women politicians 21st-century Jamaican politicians