Tobago Council of the People's National Movement
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The Tobago Council of the People's National Movement,[14] 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.[15] 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,[16] 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 in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament and 1 of 15 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). Former Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis is the current and youngest political leader of the PNM after being elected unopposed in the 2020 People's National Movement Tobago leadership election with Kelvon Morris, the party's lone elected assemblymember serving as the party's leader in the THA.
With its predecessor organizations and despite not being a socialist party, it was a member of the democratic socialist West Indies Federal Labour Party in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation from 1957 to 1962, winning the Tobago seat in the 1958 elections.
As of January 2020, the party has roughly 10,000 registered members.[17]
Elected representatives (current)
Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
Members of the House of Representatives since the 7 September 2015 general election:
Member of Parliament | Constituency | First Elected | |
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Ayanna Webster-Roy | Tobago East | 7 September 2015 | |
Shamfa Cudjoe | Tobago West | 7 September 2015 |
Members of the Senate
Member of Parliament | Appointed | |
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Laurence Hislop[18] | 22 March 2022 | |
Nigel de Freitas[19] | 23 September 2015 | |
Hassel Bacchus[20] | 19 August 2020 |
Tobago House of Assembly
Member of the Tobago House of Assembly | Electoral District | |
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Kelvon Morris | Darrel Spring/Whim |
Notable party members
Member | Position | |
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A. N. R. Robinson | Member of Parliament for Tobago East (1961-1976) | |
Keith Rowley | Candidate for Tobago West (1981) | |
Tracy Davidson-Celestine | First female political leader (2020–2022) Assemblymember for Lambeau/Signal Hill (2021) |
Electoral performance
West Indies
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Election | Party Group | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | Government | |||||
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No. | Share | No. | Share | ||||||||
1958[21] | WIFLP | Eric Williams (National party leader) | 6,626 | 62.2% | 1 / 1 | 100.0% | 1st | WIFLP |
Trinidad and Tobago general elections
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Election[22] | Party leader | Votes | Seats | Position | Government | ||||
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No. | % | ± | No. | ± | |||||
1956 | Eric Williams (National party leader) | 5,529 | 47.54% | 0 / 1 | ![]() | 2nd | PNM | ||
1961 | 8,208 | 68.67% | ![]() | 2 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | ||
1966 | ? | ? | ? | 2 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | ||
1971 | 2,675 | 90.65% | ? | 2 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | ||
1976 | 5,933 | 42.41% | ![]() | 0 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | ||
1981 | George Chambers (National party leader) | 7,503 | 42.66% | ![]() | 0 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | |
1986 | 6,357 | 31.90% | ![]() | 0 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | NAR | ||
1991 | Patrick Manning (National party leader) | 5,622 | 30.08% | ![]() | 0 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | |
1995 | 6,949 | 36.80% | ![]() | 0 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | UNC–NAR | ||
2000 | Orville London | 8,672 | 47.46% | ![]() | 1 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | UNC | |
2001 | 11,225 | 61.38% | ![]() | 2 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM Minority | ||
2002 | 13,432 | 65.75% | ![]() | 2 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | ||
2007 | 12,534 | 55.26% | ![]() | 2 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | ||
2010 | 12,305 | 44.09% | ![]() | 0 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | PP | ||
2015 | 18,560 | 74.34% | ![]() | 2 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | ||
2020 | Tracy Davidson-Celestine | 16,402 | 60.76% | ![]() | 2 / 2 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM |
Tobago County Council
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Election[23] | Leaders | Votes | Seats | Position | Control | ||||
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No. | % | ± | No. | ± | |||||
1959 | Eric Williams (National party leader) | 8,285 | 53.4 | ![]() | 11 / 14 | ![]() | 1st | PNM | |
1968[24] | ? | ? | ? | 10 / 11 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | ||
1971 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 11 / 11 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | ||
1977 | 6,326 | 52.6 | N/A | 7 / 11 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM |
Tobago House of Assembly
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Election[23] | Leaders | Votes | Seats | Position | Government | ||||
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No. | % | ± | No. | ± | |||||
1980 | Eric Williams (National party leader) | 7,097 | 44.4 | 4 / 12 | 2nd | DAC | |||
1984 | George Chambers (National party leader) | 8,200 | 41.4 | ![]() | 1 / 12 | ![]() | ![]() | DAC | |
1988 | Patrick Manning (National party leader) | 5,977 | 35.8 | ![]() | 1 / 12 | ![]() | ![]() | DAC | |
1992 | 6,555 | 36.7 | ![]() | 1 / 12 | ![]() | ![]() | NAR | ||
1996 | 5,023 | 33.6 | ![]() | 1 / 12 | ![]() | ![]() | NAR | ||
2001 | Orville London | 10,500 | 46.7 | ![]() | 8 / 12 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | |
2005 | 12,137 | 58.4 | ![]() | 11 / 12 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | ||
2009 | 12,311 | 51.2 | ![]() | 8 / 12 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | ||
2013 | 19,976 | 61.2 | ![]() | 12 / 12 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | ||
2017 | Kelvin Charles | 13,310 | 54.7 | ![]() | 10 / 12 | ![]() | ![]() | PNM | |
January 2021 | Tracy Davidson-Celestine | 13,288 | 50.4 | ![]() | 6 / 12 | ![]() | ![]() | Caretaker | |
December 2021 | 11,943* | 40.8* | ![]() | 1 / 15 | ![]() | ![]() | PDP |
Leaders
The leaders of the People's National Movement Tobago Council who additionally serve as deputy leaders of the party nationally have been as follows (any acting leaders indicated in italics):
Key: PNM PDP MaL: Majority Leader MiL: Minority Leader
Leader | Term | Position | Chief Secretary | ||||
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1 | Orville London | ![]() | 2001 | 3 July 2016 | MaL 2001–2017 | himself | |
2 | Kelvin Charles | ![]() | 3 July 2016 | 26 January 2020 | MaL 2017–2020 | himself | |
3 | Tracy Davidson-Celestine | ![]() | 26 January 2020 (Elected) | 1 May 2022 | None | Kelvin Charles | |
Ancil Dennis | |||||||
Augustine | |||||||
4 | Ancil Dennis | ![]() | 1 May 2022 (Elected) | None | Augustine |
Executive positions
These are the positions currently held by the Executive of the PNM Tobago Council:[25]
Position | Officeholder | |
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Political Leader | Ancil Dennis | |
Chairperson | Learie Paul | |
Vice-Chairperson | Charles Adams | |
Lady Vice-Chairperson | Kamaria London | |
General Secretary | Akissi London | |
Election Officer | Kurt Wilson | |
Public Relations Officer | Shomari Hector | |
Operations Officer | Ancil Thorne | |
Field Officer | Pete Gray | |
Labour Relations Officer | Kenneth Thomas | |
Welfare Officer | Latoya Horsford | |
Social Media Officer | Monique Perreira | |
Youth Officer | Quincy Trim | |
Assistant General Secretary | Keston Williams | |
Research Officer | Aisha McKnight | |
Education Officer | Gerald Brown | |
Treasurer | Maxslon Roberts |
External links
- Official website
- Facebook page
- Facebook group
- Instagram account
- Tobago Council website (defunct)
See also
- People's National Movement
- 2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement leadership election
- Chief Secretary of Tobago
- Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly
- 2022 People's National Movement leadership election
- List of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago
Notes
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- ^ Derbyshire, J. Denis; Derbyshire, Ian (2016). Encyclopedia of World Political Systems. Routledge. p. 322. ISBN 9781317471561. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
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- ^ "Let's do this: Everyone else who has used Labour's new slogan". Stuff. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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- ^ "Trinidad and Tobago Economy". Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Economic Outline of Trinidad and Tobago – Bank of Scotland International Trade Portal". bankofscotlandtrade.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Trinidad and Tobago / Wirtschaftsanalysen – Coface". coface.at. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Skard, Torild (2015). Women of Power: Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide. Policy Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-4473-1580-3. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "THE TOBAGO COUNCIL OF THE PNM (@pnmtobago) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "BTI 2020 Trinidad and Tobago Country Report". BTI Blog. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "PNM Shares More Tributes to Manning". www.guardian.co.tt. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "10,000 to vote in Tobago PNM election". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 18 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Hislop ready to serve country as a senator". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Senate to debate THA Bill on March 2". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "Congratulations to Senator the Honourable Hassel Bacchusthe". Facebook. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "Report on the Election of Members to the Federal House of Representatives from the Territory of T&T 1958 (25th March 1958) | Elections And Boundaries Commission". Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ "Publications and Reports | Elections And Boundaries Commission". Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Publications and Reports | Elections And Boundaries Commission". Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ Meighoo, Kirk (1 January 2001). ""Voting trends point to stalemate", Sunday Guardian, February 4, 2001, p.14". Sunday Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Ancil Dennis elected Political Leader of the PNM Tobago Council". 103FM: First, Finest, Forever. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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- Eric Williams (1955–1981)
- George Chambers (1981–1987)
- Patrick Manning (1987–2010)
- Keith Rowley (2010–present)
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- Patrick Solomon
- A. N. R. Robinson
- George Chambers
- Errol Mahabir
- Kamaluddin Mohammed
- Keith Rowley
- Wendell Mottley
- Augustus Ramrekersingh
- Joan Yuille-Williams
- Kenneth Valley
- Nafeesa Mohammed
- Rohan Sinanan
- Marlene McDonald
- Fitzgerald Hinds
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