Enid Maude Bennett, OJ, CD (18 May 1931 – 22 December 2017) was a Jamaican politician, representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), who served as Member of Parliament for 30 continuous years until her retirement in 1997.
She was the daughter of James Bennett and Margaret Gordon (née Nattoo).
[2] Bennett was first elected Parish Councillor for the Sligoville electoral division in the 1956 Parish Council Elections, and later became Member of Parliament for Central St. Catherine in 1967, before moving to represent St. Catherine West Central in 1976.
She was elected the first deputy leader of the JLP in 1978, a post she held until 1999.
In December 1997, at the end of her seventh term in office, Bennett retired from active politics at age 66, after 30 years and 10 months of continuous service as an elected Member of Parliament.