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Ruby Ann Cooper-Darling (born 28 June 1941) is a Bahamian politician and stateswoman. [1]In the 1962 Bahamian general election, Darling made history becoming the first woman to cast a vote in the country.
Banknotes in the Bahamas feature the monarch's portrait on the obverse. The monarch also appears on commemorative Bahamian stamps. A crown is also used to illustrate the monarchy as the locus of authority, appearing on police force, postal workers, prison officers rank insignia. [63] God Save the King is the royal anthem of the Bahamas. [65]
This is a list of the heads of state of The Bahamas, from the independence of The Bahamas in 1973 to the present day.. From 1973 the head of state under the Bahamas Independence Act 1973 is the Monarch of The Bahamas, currently King Charles III, who is also the Monarch of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
In 1670, the king granted the Bahamas to the lords proprietors of the Province of Carolina, but the islands were left to themselves. The local pirates proclaimed a 'Privateers' Republic' with Edward Teach (Blackbeard) as chief magistrate in 1703. In 1717, the Bahamas became a British crown colony, and the pirates were driven out.
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The name Bahamas is derived from the Lucayan name Bahama ('large upper middle island'), used by the Indigenous Taíno people for the island of Grand Bahama. [20] [21] Tourist guides often state that the name comes from the Spanish baja mar ('shallow sea'). Wolfgang Ahrens of York University argues that this is a folk etymology. [20]
This category is for Bahamian lawyers who have been appointed King's or Queen's Counsel. Pages in category "Bahamian King's Counsel" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
General elections were held in the Bahamas on 26 November 1962, [1] the first under universal suffrage. [2] Whilst the Progressive Liberal Party won the most votes, the United Bahamian Party won the most seats, largely as a result of gerrymandering .