Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands. It lies on the boundary of the South American and Caribbean plates. Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.
Bridgetown is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town". As of 2014, its metropolitan population stands at roughly 110,000.
Owen Seymour Arthur was a Barbadian politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 15 January 2008. He is the longest-serving Barbadian prime minister to date. He also served as Leader of the Opposition from 1 August 1993 to 6 September 1994 and from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013.
Dame Billie Antoinette Miller, DA, OCC is a Barbadian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister. Miller is a member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP).
Jon Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams, known as Tom Adams, was a Barbadian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of Barbados from 1976 until 1985.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the nation of Barbados.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Barbados:
Barbadian-French relations are the bilateral relations between the two countries, Barbados and France. Both countries have established diplomatic relations on May 3, 1968. Barbados is represented in France through its embassy in Brussels (Belgium). France is represented in Barbados through its embassy in Castries, led by and an additional honorary consulate in Bridgetown.
Freundel Jerome Stuart, OR, PC, SC is a Barbadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Barbados and the leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013; and from 21 February 2013 to 25 May 2018. He succeeded David Thompson, who had died in office on 23 October 2010 from pancreatic cancer.
The City of Bridgetown constituency is one of eleven (11) electoral districts in the Parish of St. Michael, and one thirty (30) nationally in Barbados. The Constituency covers a portion of the capital city Bridgetown. The district formed in 1843 is the first electoral district formed after the original eleven in the country. The first representative for the constituency was the national hero the Right Excellent Samuel Jackman Prescod. The member of parliament since 2022 is Corey Lane from the Barbados Labour Party. Before then it was held by Lt.Col. Jeffrey Bostic (Ret.) from 2013. The seat is usually won by a slim margin.
General elections were held in Barbados on 24 May 2018. The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), which won all 30 seats in the House of Assembly, resulting in BLP leader Mia Mottley becoming the country's first female Prime Minister. The BLP's victory was the first time a party had won every seat in the House of Assembly. Previously, the most one-sided result for a Barbadian election had been in 1999, when the BLP won 26 of the 28 seats. The BLP's 73.5 percent vote share was also the highest on record.
A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of St George North on November 11, 2020 following the resignation of incumbent BLP Member of Parliament Gline Clarke, who has represented the constituency for the past 26 years, to accept the post of Barbados High Commissioner to Canada. It was the first election to take place since Prime Minister Mia Mottley's governing Barbados Labour Party won all seats in the House of Assembly in the 2018 Barbadian general election.
By-elections were held in the Barbadian constituencies of St Joseph and St John on 21 May 1958.
A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the city of Bridgetown on 29 May 1969 after the death of Barbados National Party member Louis Lynch who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados. It was the first election held after Barbados gained independence from the British Empire in 1966.
A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St Joseph on 3 December 1970 after the resignation of Barbados Labour Party member Grantley Adams who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados.
A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St. Michael South Central on 6 July 1978 after the resignation of Democratic Labour Party member Frederick Smith who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados.
A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St. Peter on 19 July 1984, and then again on 22 November 1984, after the resignation of Barbados Labour Party member Walter Hinds who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados. The election is notable for being held twice after the results of the first election was declared null and void by the Supreme Court of Barbados, after BLP candidate Owen Arthur appealed the outcome, due to numerous errors made by election officials. While Democratic Labour Party member Sybil Leacock was declared the winner by one vote in the first election, after the second election, Arthur was declared the winner instead. It is the only time since independence that an election result was overturned.
A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St.Thomas on 23 May 1985 after the death of the second Prime Minister of Barbados Tom Adams. He was a Barbados Labour Party member and the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados.
A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St. John on 16 July 1987 after the death of the first Prime Minister of Barbados Errol Barrow. He was a Democratic Labour Party member and the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados.
