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The Leader of the Opposition is seen as an alternate Premier-in-waiting and leads Bermuda's Opposition and Shadow Cabinet. The current holder of the post of Leader of the Opposition is The Hon. N. H. Cole Simons, JP, MP [1]
An independence referendum was held in Bermuda on 16 August 1995 for voters to decide whether Bermuda should become an independent sovereign state or remain a British Dependent Territory. On a voter turnout of 59%, 74% voted against independence. Following the decisive result, Premier John Swan, who had been in favour of independence, resigned. [1]
Jarion Richardson, leader of the One Bermuda Alliance (OBA), acknowledged the election results and reaffirmed his party’s commitment to Bermuda. He pledged to serve as a "strong and dedicated opposition" and encouraged OBA candidates, both elected and unelected, to remain engaged in efforts to strengthen the party and the country. [12]
From 1968 — Bermuda's first party-based election — to 1998, the United Bermuda Party (UBP) controlled Parliament. In 1998, it was supplanted by the slightly older PLP. Most UBP members merged with a breakaway party called the Bermuda Democratic Alliance in 2011 to form the OBA. The PLP and OBA currently hold all of the seats in the House of ...
Bermuda is an archipelago consisting of 181 islands, although the most significant islands are connected by bridges and appear to form one landmass. It has a land area of 54 square kilometres (21 sq mi). Bermuda has a tropical climate, with warm winters and hot summers.
It was created in May 2011 by the merger of most members of Bermuda's two non-Labour parties, the United Bermuda Party and the Bermuda Democratic Alliance. It won the 2012 election and governed until 2017. Since then, it has been the official opposition in Bermuda's House of Assembly (currently holding 6 of its 36 seats).
General elections were held in Bermuda on 16 May 1963. [1] They were the first elections to be held under the new Parliamentary Election Act and included political parties. . Independents won 30 of the 36 seats in the House of Assembly, with the Progressive Labour Party, which had been established three months before the elections, winning six of the nine seats it contes
The Parliament of Bermuda is the bicameral legislative body of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. [1] Based on the Westminster system, one of the two chambers (lower house) is elected, the other (upper house), appointed. [2] The two chambers are: House of Assembly (36 members; elected for a five-year term in single seat constituencies)