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Michael Clifton Pintard (born 3 July 1964) is a Bahamian politician serving as Leader of the Free National Movement and leader of the opposition since 27 November 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Marco City, Grand Bahama since 2017. First appointed in 2010, he served two terms in the Senate. He was the Minister of Agriculture ...
The Constitution requires that there is a Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly of The Bahamas who is appointed by the Governor-General of The Bahamas. [1] Usually the person comes from the largest group in the House of Assembly that is not in government. The position of the Leader of the Opposition was established in 1964. [2]
That same year, she was chosen as the Deputy Leader of the Free National Movement. [7] Butler ran for the party leadership in 2014 [8] but was defeated by Hubert Minnis. (Peter Turnquest replaced her as Deputy Leader. [9]) Finally, in December 2016, Butler-Turner was sworn in as the first woman leader of the opposition in the Bahamas history. [10]
Prior to becoming prime minister, Davis was the leader of the opposition as well as of the Progressive Liberal Party having been elected at the party's convention in October 2017. Prior to his election as party leader, he was elected deputy-leader, at the Party's Convention in 2009, when the PLP won the 2012 general elections, he became the ...
He served as leader of the opposition in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas from 2005 to 2007. In the historic election of August 1992, in which the FNM unseated the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Ingraham succeeded Prime Minister Lynden Pindling , who had headed the PLP government for quarter of a century, since January 1967.
Pages in category "Leaders of the Opposition (Bahamas)" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Subsequent to her appointment, Butler-Turner named then-DNA leader Branville McCartney as Leader of Opposition Business in the Bahamas Senate. This was the first time in which the DNA has been named to the upper chamber, and the first time in which a politician from one party appointed a member of a rival party to lead the Bahamas senate. [2]
In 1971, he stood as Leader of the Opposition in the Bahamas. Wallace-Whitfield was selected as the first leader of the Free National Movement, which he served as until 1972. Under his leadership, the FNM won nine seats in Parliament in the 1972 election , however Wallace-Whitfield himself was not elected.