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Leader of the Opposition is a constitutionally sanctioned office in The Bahamas. 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.
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 ...
Christie's party, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), was defeated in the May 2007 general election, taking 18 seats against 23 for the Free National Movement (FNM), and Christie conceded defeat in a phone call to FNM leader Hubert Ingraham. [4] After the new FNM government was sworn in, Christie was sworn in as leader of the opposition. [5] [6]
Flag of the governor of the Bahamas Islands: A British Union Flag with the Badge of the Bahamas Islands. Note: change in the design of the badge. 1964–1973: Flag of the Crown Colony of the Bahamas Islands: A British Blue Ensign with the Badge of the Bahamas Islands. Note: change in the design of the crown within the badge. 1964–1973: Civil ...
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. *
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]
He became Parliamentary Leader of the party when PLP Chairman and de facto leader, Henry Taylor, was defeated in the 1956 general election. Pindling was elected the party's Parliamentary Leader over the dynamic and popular labour leader Randol Fawkes. He was appointed as the first leader of the opposition in 1964. [4]
Although the gig fell through, he ended up a clerk at Wallace-Whitfield & Barnwell later that year and completed his legal studies in three years. Davis was called to the Bahamas Bar in 1975, where he served two terms as vice president and one as president of the Bahamas Bar Association. He became a long-term partner at Christie, Ingraham & Co ...