| Pineridge | |
|---|---|
| Constituency | |
 Pineridge is number 27 | |
| District | Grand Bahama |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1977 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | Progressive Liberal Party |
| Member(s) | Ginger Moxey |
Pineridge is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas created in 1977. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using a first past the post system. It is held by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and has Ginger Moxey as its MP.
| Election | Candidate | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Garnet Laverty | FNM | ||
| 1982 | Cornelius A. Smith | FNM | ||
| 2002 | Ann E. Percentie | PLP | ||
| 2007 | Kwasi Thompson | FNM | ||
| 2012 | Michael Darville | PLP | ||
| 2017 | Frederick McAlpine | FNM | ||
| July 2021 | Independent | |||
| 2021 | Ginger Moxey | PLP | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | Ginger Moxey | |||||
| Independent | Frederick McAlpine | N/A | ||||
| FNM | Welbourne Bootle | |||||
| GCP | Tavia Lowe | New | ||||
| KGM | Belinda Williams | New | ||||
| Independent | Shan Wilson | New | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| PLP gain from Independent | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNM | Frederick McAlpine | 2,496 | 52.94 |  13.95 | ||
| PLP | Michael Darville | 2,025 | 42.95 |  13.88 | ||
| DNA | Leslie Lightbourne | 177 | 3.75 | 0.43 | ||
| BCP | Kendall Knowles | 17 | 0.36 | New | ||
| Turnout | 4,715 | | ||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| FNM gain from PLP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | Michael Darville | 2,635 | 56.83 | 10.08 | ||
| FNM | Kwasi Thompson | 1,808 | 38.99 | 14 | ||
| DNA | Osman Johnson | 194 | 4.18 | New | ||
| Turnout | 4,637 | | ||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| PLP gain from FNM | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNM | Kwasi Thompson | 1,869 | 52.99 | | ||
| PLP | Ann E. Percentie | 1,649 | 46.75 | | ||
| Independent | Edwin Moss | 9 | 0.26 | New | ||
| Turnout | 3,527 | | ||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| FNM gain from PLP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | Ann E. Percentie | 2,183 | 59.84 | |||
| FNM | Cornelius A. Smith | 1,402 | 38.43 | |||
| Coalition + Labor | Velma Smith | 63 | 1.73 | New | ||
| Turnout | 3,648 | | ||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| PLP gain from FNM | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNM | Cornelius A. Smith | 2,104 | |||
| PLP | Ann E. Percentie | 1,409 | |||
| Turnout | 3,513 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| FNM hold | |||||
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