Chairperson of the Barbuda Council

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Chairperson of Barbuda Council
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Incumbent
John Mussington
since 7 April 2025
PrecursorWarden
Deputy Vice Chairperson of the Barbuda Council (Nadia George)
Salary44,100 EC$ annually [1]

The Chairperson of the Barbuda Council is the leader of the Barbuda Council. Established by the Barbuda Local Government Act of 1976, [2] the first council election was on March 22, 1979. [3]

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Role

The council's members vote for the chairperson. [3] Every January or at the first council meeting following an election, the chair is chosen. [3] The representative representing Barbuda in the House of Representatives is in charge of the council meeting when a chairperson is being chosen. [3] The members elect a Chairman, as the case may be, to fill the vacancy caused if the Chairman resigns, dies, or is otherwise ineligible to serve on the Council during its term. [3]

List

Below is a table of the chairpersons of the Barbuda Council.[ citation needed ]

IncumbentTenureParty
Took officeLeft office
Claude Earl Francis 1977Feb 1978
McChesney George 19781979ABLP
Hilbourne Frank (1st time)1979 [4] 1985 [4] BPM
Arthur Nibbs (1st time)19851987 ONR [5]
Emmanuel Punter 1987?1989?BPM
Hilbourne Frank (2nd time)1989 [4] 1996BPM
John Thomas 19961997 [6] ABLP
Arthur Nibbs (2nd time)1997April 2001BPM
Fabian Jones (1st time)April 20012005BPM
Lincoln Burton 200519 January 2006BPM
Randolph Beazer 19 January 20069 January 2008BPM
Fabian Jones (2nd time)9 January 200831 March 2009BPM
Kelvin Punter 1 April 2009March 2013BPM
Arthur Nibbs (3rd time)March 201331 March 2015ABLP
David Shaw 1 April 2015March 2017ABLP
Knacyntar Nedd March 20179 May 2018ABLP
Wayde Burton 9 May 20187 January 2020BPM
Calsey Joseph 7 January 2020 [7] 12 April 2021BPM
Jacklyn Frank12 April 2021 [8] January 2022BPM
Mackenzie Frank January 202216 January 2024BPM
Devon Warner 16 January 20247 April 2025BPM
John Mussington [9] 7 April 2025presentBPM

Additionally, the council was chaired by Francilla Francis / Francine Francis before 1995, [10] [7] probably sometime between 1984 and 1988. [11]

References

  1. ↑ 2024 Barbuda Estimates (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Local Government".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 http://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cap-44.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  4. 1 2 3 Dictionaries of Contemporary Politics. Routledge. 25 February 2021. ISBN   978-1-317-26997-7.
  5. ↑ Banks (red.), Arthur Sparrow (1987). Political handbook of the world: 1987 : governments and intergovernmental organizations as of March 15, 1987 : (with major political developments noted through June 30, 1987). CSA Publications. ISBN   978-0-933199-03-3.
  6. ↑ "Caribbean Insight". Goodyear Gibbs (Caribbean). 1997.
  7. 1 2 "Calsey Beazer-Joseph chairs re-constituted Barbuda Council – Antigua Observer Newspaper". 9 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-01-09.
  8. ↑ "Jackie Frank is new Barbuda Council Chair - Antigua Observer Newspaper". 29 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29.
  9. ↑ jennelsa.johnson (2025-04-08). "John Mussington assumes Chairmanship of the Barbuda Council". Antigua Observer Newspaper. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  10. ↑ "Barbudans Angry at Invasion by Diana". AP NEWS.
  11. ↑ "Ermina Osoba - Women in Management and Decision-Making Processes in Antigua and Barbuda: A Statistical Analysis". global.uwi.edu.
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