House of Assembly (Barbados)

House of Assembly
*meeting house*
Basic data
Seat:	Bridgetown , Barbados
Legislative period :	5 years
MPs:	30th
Current legislative period
Last choice:	May 24, 2018
Chair:	Speaker : ; Arthur E. Holder ( BLP )
Distribution of seats:	BLP 29; Independent 1;
	Website
	barbadosparliament.com

The House of Assembly (German: Assembly House ) is the lower house in the bicameral system of Barbados .

Parliament's roots go back to 1639 when the MPs of the House of Burgesses , the forerunner of the House of Assembly, met for the first session.

It consists of 30 MPs who are elected for five years in 30 constituencies according to the majority voting system. Actively entitled to vote are citizens of Barbados as well as citizens of other Commonwealth -Staaten living in Barbados for at least three years. The minimum age is 18 years. Citizens of Barbados who are at least 21 years old are eligible to vote.

The chamber is located in the east wing of the parliament building. Speaker of the House of Assembly is Arthur E. Holder .

elections

Election 2013 : The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) remained the strongest party, but lost four seats. The opposition Barbados Labor Party (BLP) won four seats.
Election 2018 : The previously opposition BLP wins all seats and Mia Mottley became the first female Prime Minister of Barbados.

speaker

Col. Thomas Modyford, 1652, 1654, 1661-1654
Capt. George Martin, 1665
Lt. Col. Simon Lambert, 1660; 1669-1673
Col. John Burch, 1661
Samuel Farmer, 1665, 1667
John Jennings, 1667
Henry Walrond, 1669-1671
Henry Skeete, 1672-1673
Col. Christopher Codrington, 1674, 1678, 1681, 1682
Col. William Sharpe, 1676-1678, 1682-1683
Col. Richard, 1679-1681
Richard Seawell, 1684-1685
John Reid, 1685-1687, 1689
John Farmer, 1687
Judge Foster, 1688-1689
J. Bromley, 1690-1691
John Sutton, 1690-1691
Wm. Foster, 1690
Robert Harper, 1690
John Mills 1691-1692
Willoughby Chamberlaine, 1692-1693
Col. Waterman, 1693-1694
Abel Alleyne, 1694
Col. John Colleton, 1694-1695
Col. Robert Bishop, 1695-1696
Lt. Col. Thomas Maxwell, 1697-1700, 1702, 1703
James Colleton, 1700-1701
Lt. Col. Richard Downes, 1701-1702, 1708-1712
William Holder, 1703-1706
Wm. Wheeler, 1706-1707
Reynold Alleyne, 1712, 1714-1715
William Carter, 1712, 1714, 1715-1717
Edmund Sutton, 1717-1720
George Forester, 1722-1723
Henry Peers, 1727-1731, 1736-1740
John Lyte, 1740-1742, 1760-1767
Sir William Gibbons, Bart, 1742-1760
John Gay Alleyne, Bart, 1767-1770, 1772-1779
Samson Wood, 1770-1772, 1780-1787
Joshua Gittens, 1797-1804
John Beckles, 1804-1819
Thomas Griffith, 1819-1821
Cheeseman Moe, 1823-1825
Robert Haynes, 1825-1829
Col. Nathaniel Forte, 1829-1835
Samuel Hinds, 1836–1839
Sr. RB Clarke, 1839-1840
George Taylor, 1841-1846
Francis Gooding, MB, 1846-1847
Sir John Thomas, 1847-1860
Chas Packer, 1861-1867
Thomas Gill, 1867-1870
Edmund Lee Haynes, 1870
Agustus Briggs, 1871-1875
John Glasgow Grant, 1875–1879
George C. Pil, 1879-1880
Henry Pilgrim, 1880
John Kellman, 1881-1883
AJ Pile, CMG, 1883-1885, 1887-1889, 1891-1893, 1894-1898
Timothy Yearwood, 1886-1887
WH Greaves, 1889-1890
EB Colvin, 1891-1893
Sir FJ Clarke, KCMG, VD, 1898-1934
GDL Pile, OBE, 1934, 1937, 1942-1944
Sir HBG Austin, OBE, 1934-1937, 1938-1942
GB Evelyn, 1944-1948
Sir KNR Husbands, 1948-1956
HGH Cummins, CBE, 1956-1958
Sir JETheodore Brancker, QC, 1961-1966
NGA Maxwell, Esq., LL.B., 1971-1976
CAE Hoppin, Esq., JP, 1976
WCB Hinds, Esq., 1976-1984
C. Lindsay Bolden, Esq., LL.B., 1984-1986
Lawson A. Weekes, GCM, JP, MP, 1986-1994
His Hon. Ishmael A. Roett, GCM, MP, 1994-1999, 1999-2004, 2004-2008
His Hon. Michael A. Carrington, MP, 2008-2013, 2013-2018
His Honor Arthur E. Holder LL.B., 2018-present

Web links

Homepage

Individual evidence

^ The House of Assembly> Speakers of the House of Assembly. House of Assembly (Barbados), accessed June 11, 2020 .

[1] The House of Assembly> Speakers of the House of Assembly. House of Assembly (Barbados), accessed June 11, 2020 .