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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 ...
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 ...
The current members of the House of Representatives Trinidad and Tobago are listed below based on the results of the 2020 general election: [1] Members [ edit ]
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 2023 Trinidadian local elections were held on Monday, August 14, 2023, across all 41 electoral districts in Trinidad's 14 municipal corporation electoral areas.The elections follow a 3-2 ruling on May 18, 2023, from the United Kingdom's Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's highest court of appeal, which stated that the government's one-year ...
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.
The Parliament Channel is a cable television station in Trinidad and Tobago which broadcasts on cable channel 11. [1] It broadcasts proceedings of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. Its headquarters are located at Parliamentary Complex, Cabildo Building, St. Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
Until 1925 Trinidad and Tobago was a British colony ruled through a pure, unelected Crown Colony system, although elected borough and municipal councils existed in Port of Spain and San Fernando. The first elections to the Legislative Council took place in 1925.