15th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda | ||||
Meeting place | St. John's | ||||
Term | 21 March 2018 – 16 December 2022 | ||||
Election | 2018 Antiguan general election | ||||
Crown of Antigua and Barbuda | |||||
Monarch | Elizabeth II Charles III | ||||
Governor-General | Sir Rodney Williams | ||||
Senate | |||||
President | Alincia Williams-Grant | ||||
Deputy President | Osbert Frederick [1] | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Speaker | Gerald Watt | ||||
Deputy Speaker | Londell Benjamin [2] |
The 15th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda was elected on 21 March 2018, and was dissolved on 16 December 2022. [3]
Position [4] | Senator |
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President of the Senate | Alincia Williams-Grant |
Deputy President of the Senate | Osbert Richard Frederick |
Leader of Government Business | Cheryl Mary Clare Hurst |
Government Senator | Colin O'Neil Browne |
Government Senator | Gail Christian |
Government Senator | Shenella Mary Shadida Govia |
Government Senator | Aziza Lake |
Government Senator | Eustace 'Teco' Lake |
Government Senator | Maureen Payne-Hyman |
Government Senator (Barbuda representative) | Knacyntar Nedd |
Government Senator | Philip Shoul |
Opposition Senator | Johnathan Joseph |
Senate Minority Leader [5] | Richard Lewis |
Opposition Senator | Shawn Nicholas |
Opposition Senator | Damani Tabor |
Independent Senator (Governor General's Representative) | Bakesha Francis-James |
Barbuda Senator (Barbuda Council) | Fabian Jones |
Political Party [6] | Member | Constituency |
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ABLP | Gaston Browne - Prime Minister | St. John's City West |
ABLP | Steadroy Cutie Benjamin - Deputy Prime Minister | St. John's City South |
ABLP | Maria Bird-Browne | St. John's Rural East |
ABLP | Robin Kenworth Montgomery Yearwood | St. Phillip North |
ABLP | Asot Anthony Michael | St. Peter |
ABLP | Molwyn Joseph | St. Mary's North |
ABLP | Daryll Mathew | St. John's Rural South |
ABLP | Everly Paul Chet Greene | St. Paul |
ABLP | Samantha Marshall | St. Mary's South |
ABLP | Charles Fernandez | St. John's Rural North |
ABLP | Melford Walter Nicholas | St. John's City East |
BPM | Trevor Walker - Leader of the Barbuda People's Movement | Barbuda |
ABLP | Michael Browne | All Saints West |
ABLP | Dean Jonas | St. George |
ABLP | Londell Benjamin - Deputy Speaker | St. John's Rural West |
ABLP | Lennox Weston | St. Phillip South |
UPP | Jamale Pringle - Leader of the Opposition | All Saints East & St. Luke |
None | Sir. Gerald Watt QC | None (Speaker of the House of Representatives) |
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The Barbuda People's Movement is a left-wing Barbudan nationalist political party in Antigua and Barbuda active only on the island of Barbuda. The party's symbol is the European fallow deer, national animal of Barbuda. The party seeks the secession of Barbuda from Antigua and Barbuda. The party is allied with the United Progressive Party.
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