Shanendon Cartwright | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Parliament of the Bahamas for St. Barnabas | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Free National Movement |
Shanendon Eugene Cartwright is a Bahamian politician from the opposition Free National Movement. [1] He is the member of parliament for St. Barnabas. [2]
He was first elected in the 2017 Bahamian general election. [3] He was re-elected in the 2021 Bahamian general election. [4]
Cartwright was executive chairman of the Bahamas Public Parks and Beaches Authority. [5]
In 2022, he was elected deputy leader of the Free National Movement (FNM). [6]
On 4 December 2024, Cartwright threw the parliamentary mace out of a window, after feeling Speaker Patricia Deveaux did not let him speak. [7] This move paralleled an incident in 1965, when the leader of the opposition also threw the mace out of a window, pushing for political change, in an event since dubbed "Black Tuesday". [8] It followed reports from US federal prosecutors that Bahamian officials were facilitating imports of cocaine into the United States in exchange for bribes. [7] [9] Members of the FNM were later forced out of the building by police. Cartwright was later released. [8]