14th Bahamian Parliament

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14th Bahamian Parliament
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Overview
Jurisdiction The Bahamas
TermSeptember 2021 
Election 2021 general election

The 14th Bahamian Parliament is the current sitting of the Parliament of The Bahamas. [1] It was elected in the 2021 Bahamian general election. [2]

Contents

Members

MPs

PartyNameConstituency
Progressive Liberal Party (32) Wayde Watson Bain Town and Grants Town
Patricia Deveaux Bamboo Town
Keith Bell Carmichael
Philip "Brave" Davis Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador
John Pinder II Central and South Abaco
Clay Sweeting Central and South Eleuthera
Jomo Campbell Centreville
JoBeth Coleby-Davis Elizabeth
Glenys Hanna Martin Englerston
Chester Cooper The Exumas and Ragged Island
Alfred Sears Fort Charlotte
Fred Mitchell Fox Hill
Wayne Munroe Freetown
Mario Bowleg Garden Hills
Pia Glover-Rolle Golden Gates
Vaughn Miller Golden Isles
Leon Lundy Mangrove Cay and South Andros
Lisa Rahming Marathon
Basil McIntosh MICAL
Mckell Bonaby Mount Moriah
Jamahl Strachan Nassau Village
Kirk Cornish North Abaco
Leonardo Lightbourne North Andros and Berry Islands
Sylvannus Petty North Eleuthera
Ginger Moxey Pineridge
Myles Laroda Pinewood
Leslia Miller-Brice Sea Breeze
Bacchus Rolle South Beach
Leroy Major Southern Shores
Michael Darville Tall Pines
Kingsley Smith [3] West Grand Bahama & Bimini
Zane Lightbourne Yamacraw
Free National Movement (7) Iram Lewis Central Grand Bahama
Kwasi Thompson East Grand Bahama
Hubert Minnis Killarney
Adrian Gibson Long Island
Michael Pintard Marco City
Adrian White St. Anne's
Shanendon Cartwright St. Barnabas

[4]

Senators

PartyName
Progressive Liberal Party (12) Barry Griffin
Darron Pickstock
Dr. Erecia Hepburn
Lashell Adderley
James Turner-Rolle
Kirkland Russell
Ja'Ann Major [5]
Randy Rolle
Ronald Duncombe
Tyrel Young
Michael Halkitis
Ryan Pinder
Free National Movement (4) Darren Henfield
Maxine Seymour
Reuben Rahming
Vianna Gardiner

[6] [7]

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