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111 to contest 41 House of Assembly seats
By Clunis Devaney, BIS
Apr 19, 2007 - 2:37:25 PM

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One hundred and eleven persons have nominated to contest the 41 seats in the House of Assembly when general elections are held on Wednesday, May 2, 2007.

      The incumbent Progressive Liberal Party nominated 39 candidates, the Free National Movement selected 41, the Bahamas Democratic Movement (BDM), 16 and the remaining 15 candidates are Independents.

      Parliamentary Commissioner Errol Bethel said 150,799 people registered for the election, with over 20,000 deciding to secure their franchise during March, mere days before the April 4, 2007 dissolution of Parliament.

      According to Mr. Bethel, 101,600 were registered in New Providence, 24,177 in Grand Bahama and 25,022 in Family Island constituencies.

      A Parliamentary Registration Constituency Summary shows that Blue Hills has the highest number of registered voters with 4,716, followed by High Rock with 4,456. The constituency with the least number of registered voters is MICAL (Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island, Acklins and Long Cay) with 1,287.

      Following is the complete summary:

      Bain and Grants Town, 3,869; Bamboo Town, 4,100; Blue Hills, 4,716; Carmichael, 4,113; Clifton, 3,218; Elizabeth, 4,251; Englerston, 4,163; Farm Road and Centreville, 4,237; Fort Charlotte, 3,826; Fox Hill, 4,261; Garden Hills, 3,997; Golden gates, 4,093; Golden Isles, 3,966; Kennedy, 3,930; Killarney, 4,190; Marathon, 3,946; Montagu, 3,869; Mount Moriah, 4,147; Pinewood, 4,297; St. Anne’s, 3,929; St. Cecilia, 3,974; St. Thomas More, 4,249; Sea Breeze, 4,168; South Beach, 3949;Yamacraw, 4,142; Eight Mile Rock, 4,008; High Rock, 4,019; and Lucaya, 4,456.

      Also, Marco City, 4,295; Pineridge, 3,850; West End and Bimini, 3,549; North Abaco, 3,763; South Abaco, 2,816; North Andros and Berry Islands, 2,558; South Andros, 2,327; Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador, 1,517; North Eleuthera, 3,439; South Eleuthera, 2,732; Exuma, 2,802; Long Island and Ragged Island, 1,781 and MICAL, 1,287.

      The figures for this general election is an improvement of 6,041 over the May 2002 general elections when there were 144,758 registered voters, with 97,768 registered in New Providence alone.

      In 2002, the PLP polled 66,897 votes, the FNM tallied 52,803, the Coalition plus Labour collected 2,755, BDM mustered 452, Our Survivors got 10 votes, the Bahamas Constitution Party managed 12 votes and Independents collected a whooping 6,272 votes, resulting in the election of four Independents to the House of Assembly.

      There were 129,201 votes cast in the 2002 general elections, which represented 90.2 per cent of the total registered voters.

      But in addition to the 129,201 votes cast, there were other votes cast for an overall total of 130,536. However, these comprised rejected votes (1.129) and protest votes (206).

      A breakdown of the 111 candidates and the constituencies they seek to represent are as follows:

  1. BAIN AND GRANTS TOWN: Duane C. Gibson, entrepreneur; David Conrad Jordine (FNM), banker; Carlton Bursil (CB) Moss, consultant; Dr. Bernard Jonathan Nottage (PLP), physician.
  2. BAMBOO TOWN: Omar Bradley Smith (BDM deputy leader), business owner; Prince Albert Strachan, farmer; William Branville McCartney (FNM), attorney-at-law; Tennyson Roscoe Gabriel Wells (Independent incumbent), lawyer/businessman.
  3. BLUE HILLS: Sidney S. Collie (FNM). Attorney-at-law; Leslie O. Miller (PLP), businessman.
  4. CARMICHAEL: Thomas Desmond Bannister (FNM), attorney; John Gerald Farouk Carey (PLP), mechanical engineer; Tolonus Alexander Sands, manager –Gaming Industry.
  5. CLIFTON: Jackson Leon Ritchie (PLP), businessman; Kendal C. Wright (FNM), lawyer/broadcaster.
  6. ELIZABETH: Malcolm Ervin Adderley, Jr. (PLP), lawyer; Elma Elaine Campbell (FNM), lawyer; Bernard Rolle, electrical contractor.
  7. ENGLERSTON: Glenys Margaret Elaine Hanna-Martin (PLP), lawyer; Paul Michael Rolle, businessman; Raymond Alexander Rolle (FNM), lawyer; Cortez Rogeby Turner, businessman.
  8. FARM ROAD AND CENTREVILLE: Perry Gladstone Christie (PLP), Prime Minister; Ella Coulibaly Lewis (FNM), teacher; Troy Donahue Rahming, businessman/taxi driver; Kenneth Roscoe Taylor, businessman.
  9. FORT CHARLOTTE: Michael Barnett (FNM), lawyer; Charles Sidney Carroll, Junior; Alfred Michael Sears (PLP), lawyer.
  10. FOX HILL: Jacinta Marie Higgs (FNM), educator; Kermit Agaro; waiter; Fred Mitchell (PLP), lawyer.
  11. GARDEN HILLS: Veronica Velma Owens (PLP), parliamentary secretary; Brensil Rolle (FNM), public administrator; Cassius Stuart (BDM leader), self employed computer programmer.
  12. GOLDEN GATES: Clever Duncombe, air-condition technician; D. Shane Gibson (PLP), former trade unionist; Donald Lamon Saunders (FNM), lawyer.
  13. GOLDEN ISLES: Christopher A. Cox, taxi-driver; Michael Brian Halkitis (PLP), parliamentary secretary; Charles Trevelyn Maynard (FNM), managing director.
  14. KENNEDY: Omar Archer, businessman; Kenyatta Gibson (PLP), lawyer; Michael Toriano Turnquest (FNM), businessman.
  15. KILLARNEY: Hubert Alexander Minnis (FNM), physician; Neville W. Minnis (PLP), businessman.
  16. MARATHON: Earl Da’Costa Deveaux (FNM), economist; Winsome Miller, business owner; Ron O’Neal Pinder (PLP), parliamentary secretary.
  17. MONTAGU: Loretta R. Turner (FNM), funeral director; Yvette N. Turnquest (PLP) jeweler.
  18. MOUNT MORIAH: Wilbur Harry Lewis, entrepreneur; Keod McCaudif Smith (PLP), attorney; Orville A.T. “Tommy” Turnquest (FNM), businessman.
  19. PINEWOOD: L. Demetrius Frazer, self employed; Allyson Maynard-Gibson (PLP), attorney-at-law; Marvin Kahill Williams, entrepreneur; Bryan Shelton Woodside (FNM), businessman/attorney-at-law.
  20. ST. ANNE’S: Theodore Brent Symonette (FNM), attorney; Herbert Ricardo Treco (PLP), businessman.
  21. ST. CECILIA: Felton Lugal Cox (FNM), realtor/ transport executive; Cynthia Alexandria Pratt (PLP), retired nurse/educator.
  22. ST. THOMAS MORE: Reece Dean Chipman (FNM), accountant; George Andrew Hepburn, pharmacist/businessman; Laurette Josey-Dean, social psychologist; Frank Edward Smith (PLP), chartered accountant.
  23. SEA BREEZE: Carl Wilshire Bethel (FNM), attorney-at-law; Solomon Roderick Brown, contractor; Cynthia Vera Hope Strachan (PLP), attorney-at-law.
  24. SOUTH BEACH: Jermaine Antone Higgs, self employed; Phenton Orson Neymour (FNM), chemical engineer; Wallace Isaac Rolle (PLP), attorney-at-law.
  25. YAMACRAW: Melanie Sharon Griffin (PLP), Minister of Government; Pauline Nairn (FNM), business analyst.
  26. EIGHT MILE ROCK: Verna Aldrenia Grant (FNM), marketing assistant; Caleb E. Outten (PLP), businessman.
  27. LUCAYA: Neko Carlson Grant (FNM), businessman; Constance McDonald (PLP), attorney-at-law.
  28. HIGH ROCK: Doswell Clifton Coakley (PLP), economist/management consultant; Kenneth A Russell (FNM), architect technician.
  29. MARCO CITY: Pleasant Bridgewater (PLP), counsel and attorney-at-law; Michael M.P. Edwards, businessman; Zhivargo Sean Laing (FNM), businessman.
  30. PINERIDGE: Edwin Alpheus Moss, architect; Ann Elizabeth Percentie Russell (PLP), parliamentary secretary; James Kwasi Malik Thompson (FNM), attorney-at-law.
  31. WEST END AND BIMINI: David Geniece Wallace (FNM), insurance executive; Obadiah Hercules Wilchcombe (PLP), journalist.
  32. NORTH ABACO: Fritz Richard Bootle (PLP), businessman; Kenneth Norman Claridge, Sr., self employed; Hubert Alexander Ingraham (FNM leader), lawyer; Cay Shenell Mills, taxi driver.
  33. SOUTH ABACO: Edison McGinnis Key (FNM), businessman; Martin Gary Sawyer (PLP), businessman.
  34. NORTH ANDROS AND BERRY ISLANDS: Shandrice Akaria Woodside-Rolle (FNM), business-woman; Vincent Arthur Peet (PLP), attorney-at-law.
  35. SOUTH ANDROS: Rubon “Whitney” Bastian (Independent incumbent), businessman; Picewell Alexander Leon Forbes (PLP), business consultant; Marjorie Nairn Johnson (FNM), chartered accountant.
  36. CAT ISLAND, RUM CAY AND SAN SALVADOR: Philip E. “Brave” Davis (PLP), attorney-at-law; Gladys Raine Johnson-Sands (FNM), insurance executive.
  37. NORTH ELEUTHERA: Alvin Alfred Smith (FNM), teacher; Chrisfield Dwight Johnson (PLP), administrator.
  38. SOUTH ELEUTHERA: Walter Johnley Ferguson (FNM), educator/administrator; James Oswald Ingraham (PLP), business proprietor.
  39. EXUMA: Anthony D.E. Moss (PLP), insurance agent; Joshua Sears (FNM), consultant.
  40. MICAL: Dion Foulkes (FNM), attorney; Vergeneas Alfred Gray (PLP), attorney.
  41. LONG ISLAND AND RAGGED ISLAND: Lawrence Sheldon Cartwright (FNM), retired educator; James Hesketh Miller, teacher.  



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