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The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago is the legislative branch of Trinidad and Tobago.The Parliament is bicameral.Besides the President of Trinidad and Tobago, it is composed of the House of Representatives, which is composed of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in addition to 41 directly elected members serving a five-year term in single-seat constituencies, and the Senate which ...
7th Republican Parliament: 19th general: 5 April 2002 – 28 August 2002 People's National Movement: Patrick Manning (Appointed by The President in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act – Chapter 1:01 Section 76 (1) [3]) United National Congress: Basdeo Panday: Rupert Griffith: 8th Republican Parliament ...
The House of Representatives is the elected lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, along with the President and Senate of Trinidad and Tobago. The House of Representatives sits at the Red House. It has 41 members, each elected to represent single-seat constituencies.
3rd Independent Parliament 1st Republican Parliament Matthew Ramcharan: 1981–1986 November 27, 1981 2nd Republican Parliament Nizam Mohammed: 1986–1991 January 12, 1987 3rd Republican Parliament Occah Seapaul: 1992–1995 January 13, 1992 4th Republican Parliament Hector McClean: 1995–2000 November 27, 1995 [3] 5th Republican Parliament
In 1996, Parliament passed legislation which gave Tobago greater self-government. In 2005 Parliament approved a proposal by the independent Elections and Boundaries Commission to increase the number of seats in the House of Representatives from 36 to 41.
A young Capildeo (third from the left on the bottom row) with his mother and siblings. Rudranath Capildeo was born on 2 February 1920 into a Brahmin Hindu Indo-Trinidadian family at Anand Bhavan (translation: Mansion of Eternal Bliss; aka Lion House) on the Main Road in the city of Chaguanas in Caroni County in the then British-ruled Trinidad and Tobago. [3]
Although Tobago did not have a large enough voting population to justify the division, the commission determined that it would be best represented by two Members of Parliament. [1] This is reflected in Part IV, section 70 of the 1976 Constitution which requires Tobago to have at least two constituencies. [2] [3] The list is sorted by the name ...
Trinidad and Tobago achieved full independence via the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962 on 31 August 1962 within the Commonwealth with Queen Elizabeth II as its titular head of state. On 1 August 1976, the country became a republic, and the last Governor-General , Sir Ellis Clarke , became the first President.