{{Short description|Tobago politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = | image = Ancil Dennis 2021 (cropped).jpg | office = Member of the Senate | term_start = 25 September 2024 | term_end = | predecessor = | majority = | successor = | office2 = Chief Secretary of Tobago | term_start2 = 6 May 2020 | term_end2 = 8 December 2021 | predecessor2 = Joel Jack | successor2 = Farley Chavez Augustine | birth_date = | death_date = | death_place = | party = People's National Movement (PNM) | alma_mater = | spouse = | caption = Ancil Dennis in 2021 }}
'''Ancil Dennis''' is a Tobago politician from the People's National Movement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senator Ancil Dennis |url=https://www.ttparliament.org/members/member/ancil-dennis/ |website=Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago}}</ref> He served as Chief Secretary of Tobago from 2020 to 2021.
== Career == In September 2024, he replaced Laurel Lezama-Lee Sing in the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreno |first=Camille |date=2024-09-26 |title=PNM's Lezama-Lee Sing resigns as government senator |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2024/09/26/pnms-lezama-lee-sing-resigns-as-government-senator/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US}}</ref> He was formerly the Deputy Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gonzales |first=Elizabeth |date=27 September 2024 |title=Dennis ‘thankful to PM’ as he gets a spot in Parliament |url=https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/dennis-thankful-to-pm-as-he-gets-a-spot-in-parliament-6.2.2119399.0da2cdb180 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Guardian}}</ref> At 26, Dennis became the youngest assemblyman after winning Buccoo/Mt Pleasant in the 2013 Tobago House of Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Connelly |first=Corey |date=2024-09-27 |title=Dennis replaces Lezama-Lee Sing in Senate — 'I'm ready to serve' |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2024/09/27/dennis-replaces-lezama-lee-sing-in-senate-im-ready-to-serve/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US}}</ref>
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