Bamboo Town | |
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Constituency | |
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District | New Providence |
Electorate | 5,860 |
Current constituency | |
Seats | 1 |
Party | Progressive Liberal Party |
Member(s) | Patricia Deveaux |
Bamboo Town is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas. It is located in the eastern part of the Island of New Providence, bordering the constituencies of Pinewood, Garden Hills, Golden Gates, South Beach, and Nassau Village. It is one of the largest constituencies with over 5,000 voters. [1] The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Patricia Deveaux. Deveaux is also the Speaker of the House of Assembly. [2]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1992 | Tennyson Wells | Free National | |
2007 | Branville McCartney | Free National | |
2012 | Renward Wells | Free National | |
2021 | Patricia Deveaux | Progressive Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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PLP | Patricia Deveaux | 1,790 | 52.10 | |||
FNM | Renward Wells (incumbent) | 1,145 | 33.32 | |||
COI | Marie Daxon | 378 | 11.00 | |||
DNA | Omar Smith | 55 | 1.60 | |||
UCM | Garth Roseboro | 29 | 0.84 | |||
KGM | Pallis Lockhart | 29 | 0.84 | |||
GCP | Amos Hunt | 10 | 0.29 | |||
Turnout | 3,436 | 58.63 | ||||
PLP gain from FNM |