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Chairperson of the Barbuda Council

Chairperson of Barbuda Council
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Incumbent
Devon Warner
since 16 January 2024
DeputyVice Chairperson of the Barbuda Council (Mackenzie Frank)
Salary44,100 EC$ annually[1]
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The Chairperson of the Barbuda Council is the leader of the Barbuda Council. Established by the Barbuda Local Government Act of 1976,[2] the first council election was on March 22, 1979.[3]

Role

The council's members vote for the chairperson.[3] Every January or at the first council meeting following an election, the chair is chosen.[3] The representative representing Barbuda in the House of Representatives is in charge of the council meeting when a chairperson is being chosen.[3] The members elect a Chairman, as the case may be, to fill the vacancy caused if the Chairman resigns, dies, or is otherwise ineligible to serve on the Council during its term.[3]

  • Any elected member of the Council who misses three consecutive meetings without the Chairman's permission, leaves Antigua and Barbuda for more than sixty days without the Chairman's permission, or otherwise behaves in a way that would disqualify him from election ceases to be a member, and his seat becomes vacant. The Chairman shall promptly notify the minister responsible for Barbuda Affairs and the supervisor of elections of this change.[3]
  • Any member of the Council may quit by writing a letter of resignation under his or her hand addressed to the Chairman or, in the case of the Chairman, the Secretary.[3]
  • By-laws may be created by the Council and must be signed by both the Chairman and the Secretary to be valid.[3]
  • All withdrawals from the Barbuda Council deposit account must be authorized in writing by the Secretary and countersigned by the Chairman.[3]

List

Below is a table of the chairpersons of the Barbuda Council.[citation needed]

Incumbent Tenure Party
Took office Left office
Claude Earl Francis 1977 Feb 1978
McChesney George 1978 1979 ABLP
Hilbourne Frank (1st time) 1979[4] 1985[4] BPM
Arthur Nibbs (1st time) 1985 1987 ONR[5]
Emmanuel Punter 1987? 1989? BPM
Hilbourne Frank (2nd time) 1989[4] 1996 BPM
John Thomas 1996 1997[6] ABLP
Arthur Nibbs (2nd time) 1997 April 2001 BPM
Fabian Jones (1st time) April 2001 2005 BPM
Lincoln Burton 2005 19 January 2006 BPM
Randolph Beazer 19 January 2006 9 January 2008 BPM
Fabian Jones (2nd time) 9 January 2008 31 March 2009 BPM
Kelvin Punter 1 April 2009 March 2013 BPM
Arthur Nibbs (3rd time) March 2013 31 March 2015 ABLP
David Shaw 1 April 2015 March 2017 ABLP
Knacyntar Nedd March 2017 9 May 2018 ABLP
Wayde Burton 9 May 2018 7 January 2020 BPM
Calsey Joseph 7 January 2020[7] 12 April 2021 BPM
Jacklyn Frank 12 April 2021[8] January 2022 BPM
Mackenzie Frank January 2022 16 January 2024 BPM
Devon Warner 16 January 2024 present BPM

Additionally, the council was chaired by Francilla Francis / Francine Francis before 1995,[9][7] probably sometime between 1984 and 1988.[10]

References

  1. ^ 2024 Barbuda Estimates (PDF).
  2. ^ "Local Government".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i http://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cap-44.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ a b c Dictionaries of Contemporary Politics. Routledge. 25 February 2021. ISBN 978-1-317-26997-7.
  5. ^ Banks (red.), Arthur Sparrow (1987). Political handbook of the world: 1987 : governments and intergovernmental organizations as of March 15, 1987 : (with major political developments noted through June 30, 1987). CSA Publications. ISBN 978-0-933199-03-3.
  6. ^ "Caribbean Insight". Goodyear Gibbs (Caribbean). 1997.
  7. ^ a b "Calsey Beazer-Joseph chairs re-constituted Barbuda Council – Antigua Observer Newspaper". 9 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-01-09.
  8. ^ "Jackie Frank is new Barbuda Council Chair - Antigua Observer Newspaper". 29 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29.
  9. ^ "Barbudans Angry at Invasion by Diana". AP NEWS.
  10. ^ "Ermina Osoba - Women in Management and Decision-Making Processes in Antigua and Barbuda: A Statistical Analysis". global.uwi.edu.
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