Saba Island Council

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Saba Island Council
Saba Coat of Arms.png
Leadership
Chairman
Jonathan Johnson
since July 2, 2008
Structure
Seats5
Political groups
Length of term
4 years
Authority Wet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba
Elections
Last election
 March 20, 2019
Next election
2023
Meeting place
The mayor of Saba.jpg
Government Building
The Bottom, Saba
Website
www.sabagov.nl

The legislative body of the Public Entity Saba is called the Island Council. The Island Council 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 is only one political party represented in the Island Council: The Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) holds all five seats.

PortraitMemberPartyFirst Took Office
CarlBuncamper.jpg Carl Buncamper Windward Islands People's Movement 2007 [2]
Netherlands politic personality icon.svg Eviton Heyliger Windward Islands People's Movement2011 [3]
Netherlands politic personality icon.svg Vito Charles Windward Islands People's Movement2016 [4]
Netherlands politic personality icon.svg Hemmie van Xanten Windward Islands People's Movement2019
Netherlands politic personality icon.svg Esmeralda Johnson Windward Islands People's Movement2019

Former Members

Starting in 1951, five Island Council members were elected at large. Members of the council, from 1951 to the present, are: [5] [6]

YearIsland Council Members
1951John Herman HassellDavid Lionel Henry Donker [7] Lamber HassellJohn Esmond Mathew Levenstone [8] Kenneth Peterson [9]
 
 
  Cornelia Rosina Jones [10]
1955John Arthur Anslyn [11] [12] [13] John William JohnsonEugenius Achilas Johnson [13]
 
 
 
1959Samuel Wilson Jr.Richard Dudley JohnsonEric Milton Johnson
 
 
 
1963Peter Leicester Granger [14] [13] Henry Earl Johnson [15] Maximilaan Willem Nicholson [16] [13] [7]
 
 
 
1967John Godfrey Woods [17] [13] Eugenius Achilas Johnson
 
 
 Calvin Holm
1971John Esmond Mathew Levenstone [8]
 
 
 
1975 [18] William Stanley JohnsonEddison Melvyn Peterson Ishmael Mathew Amael Levenston [18]
 
 
 
1979 Ray HassellChristian Richard Alexander Sorton [19] David Mac Clean Johnson
 
 
 
1983 [20] Vernon Raphael Hassell [21] Ishmael Mathew Amael LevenstonHugo Levenstone [22]
 
 
 
1987 Ramon Adolphus HassellElmer Wycliffe Linzey [23] [24]
 
 
 
1991 Steve HassellRoy SmithGeorge Leonard Hassell
 Calvin Holm
 
 
1995 Ramon Adolphus HassellChristina ten Brink-CharlesRay Hassell
 
 
 
1999 [25] William Stanley JohnsonLisa HassellEric Adrel LinzeyIshmael Mathew Amael Levenston
 
 
 
2003 [26] Rolando Ricardo WilsonSteve HassellLucia Woods
 
 
 
2007 [2] Chris JohnsonBruce ZagersCarl BuncamperAkilah Levenstone
 
 
 
2011 [3] Ishmael Mathew Amael Levenston Shamara Nicholson-Linzey Eviton Heyliger
 
 
 
2015 [27] Monique Wilson
 Vito Charles [4]
 
 
2019 [28] Hemmie van XantenEsmeralda Johnson
 
 
 

See also

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  2. 1 2 "Saba Island Council has "big shoes to fill"" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 3 July 2007. p. 11.
  3. 1 2 "Saba Island Council Members sworn in" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 11 March 2011. pp. 1, 13.
  4. 1 2 "Wilson new Saba Commissioner, Charles Island Council Member". Saba News. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Will (2006). Dreaming Big. Alkmaar: Falstaff Media. pp. 161–184. ISBN   90-77751-32-7.
  6. ↑ "Slechts een keer was vrouw lid van raad Eilandsraad Saba veertig jaar". Amigoe (in Dutch). 6 July 1987. p. 9.
  7. 1 2 Johnson, Will (7 February 2009). "David Lionel Henry Donker" (PDF). The Daily Herald: Weekender. p. 12.
  8. 1 2 Johnson, Will (1 October 2011). "Captain John Esmond Mathew Levenston" (PDF). The Daily Herald: Weekender. p. 6.
  9. ↑ "Kenneth Peterson's funeral Wednesday" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 4 September 2007. p. 10.
  10. ↑ Johnson, Will (15 August 2009). "Miss Cornelia Jones, First woman Member of the Island Council" (PDF). The Daily Herald: Weekender. p. 15.
  11. ↑ Johnson, Will (29 September 2007). "The Anslijn Brothers (Part 1)" (PDF). The Daily Herald: Weekender. p. 7.
  12. ↑ Johnson, Will (6 October 2007). "The Anslijn Brothers (Part 2 and last)" (PDF). The Daily Herald: Weekender. p. 7.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 "Saba's Youngest Ruler". Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. 24 (12): 118. October 1969. ISSN   0012-9011 . Retrieved 4 January 2015.
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  15. ↑ Johnson, Will (14 April 2018). "In Memory Of Henry Earl Johnson". The Saba Islander.
  16. ↑ "Max Nicholson of Saba passes away Christmas night on Sxm". sxmislandtime.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  17. ↑ Johnson, Will (13 June 2009). "Commissioner/Acting Administrator John Godfrey Woods" (PDF). The Daily Herald: Weekender. p. 4.
  18. 1 2 "Nederlaag voor DP op Saba volledig". Amigoe di Curacao (in Dutch). 10 May 1975. p. 4.
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  25. ↑ "New Island Council wants fees for work permits". The Daily Herald. 3 July 1999. p. 5.
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