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2020 Tobago Council Of The People's National Movement Leadership Election
The 2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement election were held on January 19, 2020. For the first time, a one member, one vote voting system was adopted for all 17 positions contested. The winner, Tracy Davidson-Celestine, the first female political leader for the party, will go on to contest the Chief Secretary of Tobago, Chief Secretary position of the Tobago House of Assembly in the January 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election, 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election. Background The announcement of the election was made on November 10, 2019 by Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly and Political leader of the Tobago Council of the People's National Movement, Kelvin Charles while speaking at the PNM's 49th annual convention, Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain. Positions contested A total of 45 candidates contested the 17 positions on the Executive of the Tobago Council, the winner are as follows: Declared candidates Roles in bold are curren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Davidson-Celestine
Tracy Petulia Davidson-Celestine (born 20 September 1978) is a Trinidadians and Tobagonians, Tobagonian politician who is the former Secretary of Health, Wellness and Family Development, as well as a former Councillor in the Tobago House of Assembly, Tobago House of Assembly (THA) becoming one of the leading members addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Trinidad and Tobago, COVID-19 pandemic in Tobago. She is the first female political leader in the THA, a defeated Chief Secretary of Tobago, Chief Secretary candidate, the first woman to lead a Tobagonian party with representation in the House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago), House of Representatives and Tobago House of Assembly and one of the first bilingual political leaders in Trinidad and Tobago, as a result she has been popularly referred to by the nickname ''Boss Lady''. She previously served as Trinidad and Tobago's Ambassador to Costa Rica 2017 to 2020 before 2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobago PNM Leadership Election Map 2020
Tobago, officially the Ward of Tobago, is an island and ward within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northeast of the larger island of Trinidad and about off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. It lies to the southeast of Grenada and southwest of Barbados. Etymology Tobago was named ''Belaforme'' by Christopher Columbus "because from a distance it seemed beautiful". The Spanish friar Antonio Vázquez de Espinosa wrote that the Kalina (mainland Caribs) called the island ''Urupina'' because of its resemblance to a big snail, while the Kalinago (Island Caribs) called it ''Aloubaéra'', supposedly because it resembled the ''alloüebéra'', a giant snake which was supposed to live in a cave on the island of Dominica. The earliest known record of the use of the name ''Tabaco'' to refer to the island is a Spanish royal order issued in 1511. That name was inspired by the resemblance of the shape of the island to the fat cigars smoked by the Taíno inhabitant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tracy Petulia Davidson-Celestine (born 20 September 1978) is a Tobagonian politician who is the former Secretary of Health, Wellness and Family Development, as well as a former Councillor in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) becoming one of the leading members addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Tobago. She is the first female political leader in the THA, a defeated Chief Secretary candidate, the first woman to lead a Tobagonian party with representation in the House of Representatives and Tobago House of Assembly and one of the first bilingual political leaders in Trinidad and Tobago, as a result she has been popularly referred to by the nickname ''Boss Lady''. She previously served as Trinidad and Tobago's Ambassador to Costa Rica 2017 to 2020 before being elected as political leader of the Tobago Council of the People's National Movement since the 2020 leadership election, where she became the first female political leader of the People's National Movement in a region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobago Council Of The People's National Movement
The Tobago Council of the People's National Movement, also known as the Tobago Council of the PNM, PNM Tobago or PNM Tobago Council, is the longest-serving and oldest active political party in Tobago. The party is the autonomous branch of the Trinidad and Tobago People's National Movement operating in Tobago. While its political leader acts in the local capacity, they also serve as a deputy leader on a national level. The party's executives organize for both local and national election campaigns. There have been three PNM Chief Secretaries and administrations. Founded in 1998, it is the largest and most successful political party in modern Tobagonian politics. With the exception of 2010, the party has won the biggest share of the vote at the Trinidad and Tobago general elections since 2000 and has governed the Tobago House of Assembly uninterruptedly, winning every Tobago House of Assembly election from 2001 until 2021. The Tobago PNM currently hold 2 of 2 Tobagonian seats i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Member, One Vote
"One man, one vote" or "one vote, one value" is a slogan used to advocate for the principle of equal representation in voting. This slogan is used by advocates of democracy and political equality, especially with regard to electoral reforms like universal suffrage, direct elections, and proportional representation. Metrics and definitions The violation of equal representation on a seat per vote basis in various electoral systems can be measured with the Loosemore–Hanby index, the Gallagher index, and other measures of disproportionality. History The phrase surged in English-language usage around 1880, thanks in part to British trade unionist George Howell, who used the phrase "one man, one vote" in political pamphlets. During the mid-to-late 20th-century period of decolonisation and the struggles for national sovereignty, this phrase became widely used in developing countries where majority populations sought to gain political power in proportion to their numbers. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Secretary Of Tobago
The Chief Secretary of Tobago is the leader of the Tobagonian Government. The Chief Secretary chairs the Tobagonian Cabinet and is primarily responsible for the formulation, development and presentation of Tobagonian Government policy. Additional functions of the Chief Secretary include promoting and representing Tobago in an official capacity, at home and abroad, and responsibility for constitutional affairs, as they relate to devolution and the Tobagonian Government. The Chief Secretary is a Member of the Assembly, and is nominated by the Tobago House of Assembly before bring officially appointed by the president. Members of the Tobagonian Cabinet as well as councilors of the Tobagonian Government are appointed by the Chief Secretary. As head of the Tobagonian Government, the Chief Secretary is directly accountable to the Tobago House of Assembly for their actions and the actions of the Tobagonian Government. The official office of the Chief Secretary is in Calder Hall Road, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobago House Of Assembly
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) is a unicameralism, unicameral autonomous administrative division, devolved legislature, legislative body responsible for the island of Tobago within the unitary state of Trinidad and Tobago. The THA was re-established in 1980Tobago Division Of Tourism – About Tobago, Governance to rectify some of the disparities in the relationship between the two islands; a prior body of the same name existed from 1768 to 1874. In addition to the normal local government functions, the THA handles many of the responsibilities of the central government, but has limited ability to collect taxes and to impose local law or zoning regulations. At the helm of the Assembly Legislature is the Presiding Officer with the fifteen elected assemblymen, and four appointed cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 2021 Tobago House Of Assembly Election
House of Assembly elections were held in Tobago on 25 January 2021 where 12 members were elected in the eleventh election since the Assembly was established in 1980. This election marked the first time in history that both parties elected, the People's National Movement (PNM) and Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) won an equal number seats of 6-6, despite the PNM winning the popular vote, resulting in a deadlock and a constitutional crisis with both political parties and Prime Minister Keith Rowley seeking senior counsel advice on the way forward. This election was the first time after 20 years in power that the PNM lost its absolute majority. This election also marked the first time a female political leader was elected to the Assembly and the first time a woman led a major political party or a political party with representation in the Assembly, following the 2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement leadership election where Health Secretary, councillor and fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Presiding Officers Of The Tobago House Of Assembly
The Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly is elected by the Tobago House of Assembly#Elections, assembly members and presides over all Sittings of the assembly. The current Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly is Abby Taylor of the Progressive Democratic Patriots. List of Presiding Officers List of Deputy Presiding Officers See also * Chief Secretary of Tobago * List of Presiding Officers of the Tobago House of Assembly * Local government in Trinidad and Tobago * Politics of Trinidad and Tobago * Speaker (politics), Presiding Officer (disambiguation page) * Tobago House of Assembly References External links Tobago House of Assembly {{DEFAULTSORT:Presiding Officers of the Tobago House of Assembly Lists of legislative speakers, Tobago House of Assembly Chairs of unicameral legislatures, Tobago Chairs of subnational legislatures, Tobago Members of the Tobago House of Assembly, *List Politics of Trinidad and Tobago Lists of political office-h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime boundary, maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of nearly . An estimated people live in the capital and largest city, San José, Costa Rica, San José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area. The sovereign state is a Presidential system, presidential republic. It has a long-standing and stable Constitution of Costa Rica, constitutional democracy and a highly educated workforce. The country spends roughly 6.9% of its budget (2016) on education, compared to a global average of 4.4%. Its economy, once heavily dependent on agriculture, has diversified to include sectors such as finance, corporate services for foreign companies, pharmaceut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 In Trinidad And Tobago
Events in the year 2020 in Trinidad and Tobago. Incumbents * President: Paula-Mae Weekes * Prime Minister: Nathaniel Cooper * Chief Justice: Ivor Archie Events *19 January – The 2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement leadership election is won by Tracy Davidson-Celestine. *12 March – First confirmed case of COVID-19 in Trinidad and Tobago *10 August – The 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election was held to elect 41 members to the 12th Trinidad and Tobago Republican Parliament. Deaths *14 March – Cecil Gray, Trinidadian-born Canadian poet (b. 1923). *16 April – Althea McNish, Trinidadian-British textile designer (b. 1924). *23 April – Joan Hackshaw-Marslin, Trinidadian politician (b. 1951) *8 June – Sedley Joseph, footballer (b. 1939). *4 July – James Lee Wah, 89, theatre promoter and educator. *15 September – Sheldon Gomes, 69, cricketer ( North Trinidad, East Trinidad, national team). See also *COVID-19 pandemic in Trinidad an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
