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Shanendon Cartwright
Shanendon Eugene Cartwright is a Bahamian politician from the opposition Free National Movement. He is the member of parliament for St. Barnabas (Bahamas Parliament constituency), St. Barnabas. He was first elected in the 2017 Bahamian general election. He was re-elected in the 2021 Bahamian general election. Cartwright was executive chairman of the Bahamas Public Parks and Beaches Authority. In 2022, he was elected deputy leader of the Free National Movement (FNM). On 4 December 2024, Cartwright threw the parliamentary Ceremonial mace, mace out of a window, after feeling Speaker Patricia Deveaux did not let him speak. This move paralleled an incident in 1965, when the leader of the opposition also threw the mace out of a window, pushing for political change, in an event since dubbed "Black Tuesday". It followed reports from US federal prosecutors that Bahamian officials were facilitating imports of cocaine into the United States in exchange for bribes. Members of the FNM were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of The Bahamas
The Parliament of The Bahamas is the bicameral national parliament of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The parliament is formally made up of the sovereign (represented by the governor-general), an appointed Senate, and an elected House of Assembly. It currently sits at the Bahamian Parliament Building in Nassau, the national capital. The structure, functions, and procedures of the parliament are based on the Westminster system. History Originally inhabited by the Lucayan people, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taino people, the Bahamas were the site of Columbus's first landfall in the New World in 1492. Although the Spanish never colonized the Bahamas, they shipped the native Lucayans to slavery in Hispaniola. The islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, when English colonists from Bermuda settled on the island of Eleuthera. In 1670 King Charles II granted the islands to the lords proprietors of the Carolinas, who rented the islands from the king with right ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
