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The Parliament of The Bahamas is the bicameral national parliament of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The parliament is formally made up of the sovereign (represented by the governor-general), an appointed Senate, and an elected House of Assembly. It currently sits at the Bahamian Parliament Building in Nassau, the national capital.
It is housed at the Bahamian Parliament Building in Nassau, the national capital. The current Assembly was elected by the general election held on 16 September 2021. The Assembly has 39 single-member constituencies and it uses the first-past-the-post system for elections. The Members of Parliament (MPs) serve five-year terms. [1] [2]
The first Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas was done in the year 1729 following the establishment of the General Assembly, started by Woodes Roger. The first Speaker was John Colebrooke. [1]
His 53 years as a Member of Parliament is the longest record of service in the House of Assembly. [4] Symonette served as the head of government of the Bahama Islands from 1955 to 1964 and, in 1964, when the country achieved internal self-government, he became the first Premier of the Bahama Islands. In 1959, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth ...
Centreville is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas. It elects one member of parliament (MP) using the first past the post electoral system. It has been represented by Jomo Campbell from the Progressive Liberal Party since 2021.
In 1956, Stevenson was elected to the Bahamas House of Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, from the Andros and the Berry Islands constituency. [3]He joined the "Magnificent Six," a group of six MPs who formed the first opposition block in the Bahamas parliament. [3]
He was elected to the Bahamas House of Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, in 1949 as a representative of Cat Island. [1] He served in parliament for seven years. [1] In 1953, Cartwright joined with Sir Henry Milton Taylor and Cyril Stevenson to found the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), the first national political party in the Bahamas.
Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas.It elects one Member of Parliament using the first-past-the-post voting method.