|
Guyanese General Election, 2006
General elections were held in Guyana on 28 August 2006. They were initially scheduled for 4 August, but were moved to 28 August after President Jagdeo dissolved the National Assembly on 2 May.Guyana General Election Results 2006 Caribbean Elections The result was a victory for the ruling People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), which won 36 of the 65 seats in the . Electoral system The 65 members of the National Assembly were elected by[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of Guyana
The National Assembly is one of the two components of the Parliament of Guyana. Under Article 51 of the Constitution of Guyana, the Parliament of Guyana consists of the President and the National Assembly. The National Assembly has 65 members elected using the system of proportional representation. Twenty five are elected from the ten geographical constituencies and forty are awarded at the national level on the basis of block votes secured, using the LR-Hare Formula as prescribed by the elections Laws (Amendment) Act 15 of 2000 (Sections 11 and 12). The National Assembly is presided over by the Speaker who may be elected from the members of the National Assembly or from outside the membership. Speakers elected from outside the membership of the National Assembly do not have an original or casting vote. Where a question put before the National Assembly results in the votes by the members being equally divided and the sitting is presided over by a Speaker who does not have an ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's National Congress (Guyana)
The People's National Congress Reform is a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in Guyana led by Aubrey Norton. The party currently holds 31 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly. In Guyana's ethnically divided political landscape, the PNCR is a multi-ethnic organization supported primarily by Afro-Guyanese people. It is the main component of the A Partnership for National Unity coalition. History The PNC was formed in 1957 by the faction of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) led by Forbes Burnham that had lost the general elections earlier in the year. In 1959 it absorbed the United Democratic Party. The PNC won 11 seats in the 1961 elections, which saw the PPP win a majority. In the 1964 elections the PNC won 22 of the 53 seats and despite receiving fewer votes than the PPP, it was able to form the government in coalition with the United Force, Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p 354 with Burnham b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Backer
Deborah Backer (14 April 1959 – 21 March 2014) was a Guyanese politician of the People's National Congress who served as the deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana. Early life Born on 14 April 1959, Backer received her LLB degree from University of the West Indies, Barbados in 1981 and attended the Hugh Wooding Law School for her legal education certificate. Career Backer started her career as a lawyer and was a member of the Guyana Bar Association. After joining the People's National Congress (PNC) in 1994, she served on the Georgetown city council till 1998. She was elected to the National Assembly of Guyana for the first time in 1998. Later she became its deputy speaker. For the 2011 general elections, PNC together with other parties formed an alliance A Partnership for National Unity and became the opposition in the next assembly. Backer was their shadow foreign affairs minister and also headed the Parliamentary Sectorial Committees. However she resigned from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Ally
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral district in South Australia Iran * Anna, Fars, a village in Fars Province * Anna, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Russia * Anna, Voronezh Oblast, an urban locality in Vorone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Patterson (Guyanese Politician)
David Patterson may refer to: *David Patterson (computer scientist) (born 1947), American professor of computer science at UC Berkeley *Dave Patterson (born 1956), American baseball player * David Patterson (guitarist) (born 1966), American guitarist who was a founding member of the New World Guitar Trio *David Patterson (American football) (born 1985), defensive lineman for the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Atlanta Falcons *David J. Patterson (born 1950), Irish biologist * David P. Patterson (c.1840–1879), director of New Jersey and New York Railroad, and a town father of Hillsdale, New Jersey *David T. Patterson (1818–1891), American politician; Democrat from Tennessee; in U.S. Senate 1866–69 * David Allen Patterson, professor, researcher, author and Native American advocate * David Patterson (historian), who mainly researches the Holocaust, Jewish thought, and antisemitism See also * 46053 Davidpatterson, asteroid named after American amateur astronomer *David Paterson (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Holder
Sheila (alternatively spelled Shelagh and Sheelagh) is a common feminine given name, derived from the Irish name ''Síle'', which is believed to be a Gaelic form of the Latin name Caelia, the feminine form of the Roman clan name Caelius, meaning 'heavenly'. People * Sheila (French singer) (born 1945), real name Annie Chancel, French singer of group "Sheila (and) B. Devotion" * Sheila (German singer) (born 1984), Sheila Jozi, German folk/schlager singer of Iranian descent * Sheila Bair (born 1954), chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation * Sheila Bleck (born 1974), IFBB bodybuilder * Sheila Burnett (born 1949), British sprint canoeist * Sheila Chandra (born 1965), English pop singer * Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (born 1979), American politician * Sheila Chisholm (1895–1969), socialite, probable inspiration for the Australian phrase "a good-looking sheila" * Sheila Copps (born 1952), Canadian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 1993–97 * Sheila Dikshit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hardy (Guyanese Politician)
Paul Jude Hardy (born October 18, 1942) is an American attorney from Baton Rouge, in the U.S. state of Louisiana, who was the first Republican to have been elected lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana since Reconstruction. He served in the second-ranking post under Governor Buddy Roemer from 1988 to 1992. Background Hardy was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. In 1960, he graduated from Cecilia High School. In 1965, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then the University of Southwestern Louisiana, from which his mother also graduated. While Hardy was on the USL track team, he won the Gulf States Conference high jump competition for two consecutive years. In 1966, Hardy received his law degree from Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans, and at the age of twenty-three, he began practicing law in St. Martinville with the firm Willis and Hardy. State senator and secretary of state In 1972, Hardy was elected as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice For All Party
The Justice for All Party (JFAP) is a political party in Guyana. History The party first contested national elections in 1997, when it received 0.3% of the vote and failed to win a seat. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p366-368 In the 2001 elections its share of the vote rose to 0.7%, but it remained without parliamentary representation. In the 2006 elections it received 0.8% of the vote, but again failed to win a seat. The party joined the A Partnership for National Unity alliance for the 2011 elections, with the alliance winning 26 of the 53 seats in the National Assembly. Prior to the 2015 elections The following elections were scheduled to occur in the year 2015. Africa * 2015 Beninese parliamentary election 26 April 2015 * 2015 Burkinabé general election 29 November 2015 * 2015 Burundian legislative election 29 June 2015 * 2015 Burun ... JFAP leader Jaipaul Sharma said that it would contest the elections independently, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manzoor Nadir
Manzoor Nadir (14 November 1955) is a Guyanese politician and Speaker of the National Assembly. Nadir was the Guyanese Minister of Labour and party leader of The United Force between 2001 and 2011. Biography Mazoon Nadir was born in Albouystown, Georgetown on 14 November 1955. He holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Manchester, and the Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta. Nadir is an economist by profession. Nadir was first elected to the National Assembly in 1992. Nadir served as the Minister of Labour from 2001 until 2011. Nadir became the party leader of The United Force The United Force is a conservative and economically liberal political party in Guyana. It currently has no representation in the National Assembly and is led by Marissa Nadir. History Established on 5 October 1960 by Peter D'Aguiar, and was init ... in 2001 and served until 2011. On 1 September 2020, Nadir was elected Speaker of the National Assembly witho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The United Force
The United Force is a conservative and economically liberal political party in Guyana. It currently has no representation in the National Assembly and is led by Marissa Nadir. History Established on 5 October 1960 by Peter D'Aguiar, and was initially backed by Indian leaders of the Manpower Citizens' Association (MPCA) and some Portuguese businessmen. It drew support from the Portuguese community, but also sought to establish a support based amongst the Amerindian population, convincing Amerindian MP Stephen Campbell to join the party.Politics…TUF’s trek into history Stabroek News, 29 April 2010 The party first contested national elections in |