St. Anne's is a
parliamentary constituency
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represented in the
House of Assembly 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 Asse ...
. It elects one member of parliament (MP) using the
first past the post
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electoral system. It has been represented by
Adrian White from the
Free National Movement
The Free National Movement (abbreviated FNM) is a political party in the Bahamas formed in the early 1970s and led by Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield. The current leader of the party is Michael Pintard and the current deputy leader is Shanendon C ...
since 2021.
Geography
The constituency comprises an area on the east coast of
New Providence
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, in the city of
Nassau, the
capital
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Econom ...
and largest city of
the Bahamas
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of ...
.
Members of Parliament
Election results
See also
*
Constituencies of the Bahamas
The Bahamas House of Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of The Bahamas, an island country in the Caribbean. It is housed at the Bahamian Parliament Building in Nassau, the national capital. The current Assembly was elect ...
References
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Constituencies of the Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas