Island Council of Saba

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Island Council of Saba
Saba Coat of Arms.png
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairman
Jonathan Johnson
since 2 July 2008
Structure
Seats5
Political groups
  WIPM (3)
Political groups
  PEP (2)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
 15 March 2023
Next election
2027
Meeting place
The mayor of Saba.jpg
Government Building, The Bottom
Website
www.sabagov.nl

The Island Council of Saba is the legislative body of the Dutch special municipality of Saba. It consists of five members and elections take place every four years. The Island Council appoints and supervises the commissioners in the Executive Council. The Island Council is chaired by the Island Governor. [1]

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Composition

Current members

Currently there are two political parties represented in the Island Council: The Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) holds three seats and the Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity (PEP) holds two seats.

PortraitMemberPartyFirst Took Office
Rolando Wilson (cropped).jpg Rolando Wilson Windward Islands People's Movement 2003
Netherlands politic personality icon.svg Vito Charles Windward Islands People's Movement2016 [2]
Netherlands politic personality icon.svg Elsa Peterson Windward Islands People's Movement2023
Netherlands politic personality icon.svg Hemmie van Xanten Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity2019
Netherlands politic personality icon.svg Saskia Matthew Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity2023

Former Members

Starting in 1951, five Island Council members were elected at large. Members of the council, from 1951 to the present, are: [3] [4]

YearIsland Council Members
1951John Herman HassellDavid Lionel Henry Donker [5] Lamber HassellJohn Esmond Mathew Levenstone [6] Kenneth Peterson [7]
 
 
  Cornelia Rosina Jones [8]
1955John Arthur Anslyn [9] [10] [11] John William JohnsonEugenius Achilas Johnson [11]
 
 
 
1959Samuel Wilson Jr.Richard Dudley JohnsonEric Milton Johnson
 
 
 
1963Peter Leicester Granger [12] [11] Henry Earl Johnson [13] Maximilaan Willem Nicholson [14] [11] [5]
 
 
 
1967John Godfrey Woods [15] [11] Eugenius Achilas Johnson
 
 
 Calvin Holm
1971John Esmond Mathew Levenstone [6]
 
 
 
1975 [16] William Stanley JohnsonEddison Melvyn Peterson Ishmael Mathew Amael Levenston [16]
 
 
 
1979 Ray HassellChristian Richard Alexander Sorton [17] David Mac Clean Johnson
 
 
 
1983 [18] Vernon Raphael Hassell [19] Ishmael Mathew Amael LevenstonHugo Levenstone [20]
 
 
 
1987 Ramon Adolphus HassellElmer Wycliffe Linzey [21] [22]
 
 
 
1991 Steve HassellRoy SmithGeorge Leonard Hassell
 Calvin Holm
 
 
1995 Ramon Adolphus HassellChristina ten Brink-CharlesRay Hassell
 
 
 
1999 [23] William Stanley JohnsonLisa HassellEric Adrel LinzeyIshmael Mathew Amael Levenston
 
 
 
2003 [24] Rolando Ricardo WilsonSteve HassellLucia Woods
 
 
 
2007 [25] Chris JohnsonBruce ZagersCarl BuncamperAkilah Levenstone
 
 
 
2011 [26] Ishmael Mathew Amael Levenston Shamara Nicholson-Linzey Eviton Heyliger
 
 
 
2015 [27] Monique Wilson
 Vito Charles [2]
 
 
2019 [28] Hemmie van Xanten Esmeralda Johnson
 
 
 
2023 Saskia MatthewElsa PetersonRolando Ricardo Wilson
 
 
 

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  2. 1 2 "Wilson new Saba Commissioner, Charles Island Council Member". Saba News. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016.
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