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2009 Dominican General Election
General elections were held in Dominica on 18 December 2009, to elect the 21 Representatives of the House of Assembly. The incumbent Dominica Labour Party increased its majority to 18 of 21 seats, winning a third term. Results By constituency References {{Dominican elections Elections in Dominica Dominica General election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ... December 2009 events in North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominica House Of Assembly
Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically situated as part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. Dominica's closest neighbours are two constituent territories of the European Union, the overseas departments of France, Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast. Dominica comprises a land area of , and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census. The island was settled by the Arawak arriving from South America in the fifth century. The Kalinago displaced the Arawak by the 15th century. Columbus is said to have passed the island on Sunday, 3 November 1493. It was later colonised by Europeans, predominantly by the French from the 1690s to 1763. The French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morne Jaune
Morne is an Old-French word for a small mountain. It may refer to: * Morne a Chandelle, a village in the Sud-Est department of Haiti * Morne-à-l'Eau, a commune in Guadeloupe * Morne Bois-Pin, the fourth highest mountain in Haiti * Morne la Vigie, hill and extinct cinder cone in Haiti * Morne Ciseaux, a town on the island of Saint Lucia * Morne Criquet, a quartier of Saint Barthélemy * Morne de Dépoudré, a quartier of Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean * Morne de la Grande Montagne, the highest point of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Morne Diablotins, the highest mountain in Dominica * Morne du Cibao, the third highest mountain in Haiti * Morne du Vitet, the highest point of Saint Barthélemy * Morne Docteur, a town in Saint George Parish, Grenada * Morne Fendue, a town in Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada * Morne Fortune, a hill and residential area located south of Castries, Saint Lucia * Morne Jaloux, a town in Saint George Parish, Grenada * Morne Jaloux Ridge, a town in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayton Baptiste
Dayton Baptiste (born 1965) is a Dominican politician in the Dominica Labour Party, and a former police officer in Antigua. He served briefly as an appointed senator in the Dominica House of Assembly in 2010, and has twice been an unsuccessful candidate for an elected seat. Biography Baptiste was born in Marigot, Dominica, and graduated from the Marigot Foundation High School.. He emigrated to Antigua in 1983, where he helped build houses for the homeless as part of a project for his church. Baptiste then served as an officer in the Royal Antigua Police Force for 18 years, achieving the rank of corporal. After leaving the police force, he remained in Antigua, where he joined the Fire Service and started a bakery. Baptiste returned to Dominica to contest the Marigot constituency on the Labour Party ticket in the 2009 general election. He lost to the opposition United Workers' Party (UWP) candidate, former prime minister Edison James, on 18 December 2009, with 228 votes to James' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edison James
Edison Chenfil James (born October 18, 1943, in Marigot) is a Dominican politician who was the prime minister of Dominica from June 14, 1995, to February 3, 2000, as well as the member of parliament for the Marigot constituency from 1990. He graduated from the Dominica Grammar School. He has a BSc degree in botany from the University of East London, a MSc degree in biochemistry from the University of Reading and a post graduate diploma in crop protection technology from Imperial College. He worked in a number of local and regional institutions including the Caribbean Development Bank, but it was as manager of the Dominica Banana Marketing Company that he rose to prominence on the island. He was instrumental in resuscitating the island's critical banana industry which had been decimated by Hurricane David. James has been active in regional cricket as an administrator and was the manager of the Windward Islands cricket team and the Combined Islands cricket team. He is a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marigot, Dominica
Marigot is the largest settlement of Saint Andrew Parish in northeastern Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographical .... The village has a population of 2,676 people, and is home to a Fisheries Complex as well as the island's main airport. It is the birthplace of Wills Stratmore Stevens a local Educationist and B.O Robinson a former education officer. Along with Doctor Watts and local politician Edison James, (former Prime Minister)and cricket umpire Billy Doctrove. Marigot served as the leading community in Dominica at one point, with its people serving in all aspects of Government and local community development. Former police Commissioner O N Philip and Customs Comptroller Victoria Watty are also from the village of Marigot. Marigot can boast of being the leade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Isidore
Ronald Isidore is a Dominican politician in the United Workers' Party. He has served in the House of Assembly of Dominica since 2010. Isidore contested the Mahaut constituency on the UWP ticket in the 2009 general election. He lost on 18 December 2009 to the incumbent, Rayburn John Blackmoore of the Labour Party, with 1,457 votes to Blackmoore's 2,136 (58.5% to 39.9%).. He was subsequently appointed to serve as a Senator by the Opposition Leader Hector John on 5 August 2010.. Isidore is a graduate of Iona College Iona University is a private Roman Catholic university with a main campus in New Rochelle, New York. It was founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and occupies a campus of in New Rochelle and a campus of in Bronxville, ... in New York.. References Members of the House of Assembly of Dominica United Workers' Party (Dominica) politicians Iona University alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{domi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayburn John Blackmoore
Rayburn may refer to: People Places United States Municipalities * Rayburn, Alabama * Rayburn, Georgia * Rayburn, Texas * Rayburn, West Virginia * Rayburn Township, Pennsylvania Structures * Rayburn House Office Building, a Congressional building Arts, entertainment, and media *Rayburn House, the fictional beachside inn owned by the Rayburn family on the Netflix series ''Bloodline Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic informa ...'' Brands * Rayburn range, a stove cooker from AGA See also * Raeburn * Deanna Raybourn {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahaut, Dominica
Mahaut () is a village on the west coast of Dominica. It has a population of 2,399,Commonwealth of Dominica, ''Population and Housing Census — 2001''. Roseau, Dominica: Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, 2001. and was home to Dominica Colgate-Palmolive (formerly Dominica Coconut Products) until the factory was closed in 2015 after Hurricane Erica. References External links * Populated places in Dominica Saint Paul Parish, Dominica {{dominica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Green (Dominica)
Ronald Milner Green is a Dominican politician who has served as the head of the United Workers' Party (UWP). In that capacity, Green was also the Leader of the Opposition of Dominica from 2005 until 2009, when he lost his seat in the House of Assembly in the general election. Green is now serving in the Assembly as an appointed senator. Career Green holds a B.S. Degree in Health and Physical Education from the City College of New York, an MA in Education from Manhattan College awarded in 1962 in addition to pre-doctoral level studies at Columbia University. He was employed by various local NGOs before he first entered Parliament as MP for the La Plaine constituency in the 1995 general election. From 1995 to February 2000 Green served as Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs in the UWP administration. He was re-elected as Member of Parliament for La Plaine in 2000 and 2005. In 2006 he became deputy leader of the UWP. Following the resignation of Earl Williams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petter Saint-Jean , a museum in Alstahaug, Norway dedicated to Lutheran priest and poet ...
Petter may refer to: People: *Petter (given name) * W. E. W. Petter, English aircraft designer *Arlie Petters, a Belizean-American mathematical physicist *Tom Petters, former CEO and chairman of Petters Group Worldwide Place names: *Petter Bay, a bay on Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands, in Scotland In business: *Lister Petter, a British manufacturer of internal combustion engines **Petters Limited, a former manufacturer of internal combustion engines, and one of Lister Petter's predecessors *Petters Group Worldwide, a diversified company headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota Other: *The Petter Chamor, a mitzvah in Judaism *Petter Dass Museum The Petter Dass Museum ( no, Petter Dass-museet) in Alstahaug, Norway is a museum dedicated to the priest and poet Petter Dass. The museum was established in 1966 and is a division of the Helgeland Museum. In 1999, Alstahaug was selected as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Plaine, Dominica
La Plaine () is a village located on the eastern side of the island of Dominica. It has a population of 1,288,Commonwealth of Dominica, ''Population and Housing Census — 2001''. Roseau, Dominica: Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, 2001. and (after Grand Bay, Dominica, Grand Bay) is the second-largest settlement in Saint Patrick Parish, Dominica, Saint Patrick Parish. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
