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Saint Peter is a constituency in the Saint Peter parish of Barbados. It was established in 1645 as one of the original eleven constituencies. Originally the constituency, like the other original ten, was represented by 2 members until 1971 when the single-member system was introduced. Since 2018, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Colin Jordan. Jordan is a member of the BLP.

Since at least the 1951 Barbadian general election, Saint Peter had been considered an electoral strong hold of the BLP who has represented the constituency since then with the exception of a brief period of time between 2014 and 2018 where long-time representative and former Prime Minister of Barbados Owen Arthur left the party to be an independent.

Boundaries

The constituency runs:

From the outlet of the Scantlebury River on the western sea coast and along the Speightstown southern and then eastern boundary to the point crossed by Farm Road; thence in a northerly direction along the Speightstown eastern boundary to its junction with Highway 1 at Oban; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Highway 1 (the Ashton Hall Road) to its junction with the Ronald Mapp Highway (the Bakers-Mile-and-a-Quarter Road); thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the Ronald Mapp Highway to its junction with the public road leading to Black Bess and Rock Hall; then in a generally south easterly direction along this road to the junction with the unclassified road leading to Black Bess and Mangrove Plantations; thence in a south easterly direction along this road to the point where it forks; thence in an easterly direction (passing to the south of Mangrove Plantation) to the end of the road and then continuing in an easterly direction along the plantation track to the point in the centre of the track opposite a monument (B. 4) placed on the southern side of the track; then continuing in an easterly direction to its junction with a public road leading from Rock Hall Plantation to Rock Hall Village and a track leading to Roebuck Village; thence along this track in a generally northerly direction to its junction at Roebuck with Indian Ground-Four Hill Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of Indian Ground-Four Hill Road to its junction with the public road leading from Orange Hill Plantation to Welch Town Plantation; thence continuing in a northerly direction along the Orange Hill Plantation-Welch Town Plantation Road; thence in a northerly direction along the Farley Hill–Portland Road to its junction with Mile-and-a-Quarter-Diamond Corner Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Mile-and-a-Quarter-Diamond Corner Road to its junction with the Diamond Corner-Cherry Tree Hill-Morgan Lewis Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Diamond Corner-Cherry Tree Hill-Morgan Lewis Road to its junction with a public road leading to Boscobel; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of a public road leading to Boscobel to its junction with a private road leading to Foster’s Funland; thence generally easterly along this road and along the southern section of the loop at the end; thence continuing in an easterly direction to the sea coast; thence in a northerly direction along the sea coast to a point on the coast road north of Pico Teneriffe and east of the point at which the public road leading to Boscobel begins to turn in a south easterly direction, in a straight line to this point; thence in a westerly direction along this public road from Boscobel to its junction with the Grave Yard-Lamberts Road; thence continuing in a westerly direction along the Grave Yard-Lamberts Road to its junction with the Lamberts-Alexandra-Luke Hill Road; thence in a northerly, then westerly and south westerly direction along the middle of the Lamberts-Alexandra-Luke Hill Road to its junction with Charles Duncan O’neale Highway and the private road leading to Alleynedale Hall; thence in a westerly direction and diverting along the branch of this private road so as to leave the plantation building in St. Peter and then in a northerly direction to its junction with Highway 1C (the Colleton-St. Lucy’s Church Road); thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of Highway 1C to its junction with a public road leading to Shermans to Half Moon Fort; thence in a straight line to a point on the coast west of the junction of Highway 1C and the public road leading from Shermans to Half Moon Fort; thence in a southerly direction along the sea coast to a point at which the Scantlebury River touches the coast (the starting point).

History

Members of Parliament

The following list contains the Members of Parliament for the Saint Peter since the introduction of the single-member system in 1971.

Notes

1. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "The History | BARBADOSPARLIAMENT.COM". www.barbadosparliament.com. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
2. "Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Review of Boundaries) Order, 2002" (PDF). Electoral and Boundaries Commission. 10 July 2002. p. F14. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
3. "Barbados General Election Results 1971". 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
4. "Barbados General Election Results 1976". 18 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
5. "Barbados General Election Results 1981". 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
6. "Barbados By-Election Results: St. Peter - 19 July 1984 & 22 November 1984". 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 29 January 2022 suggested (help)
7. "Barbados General Election Results 1986". 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
8. "Barbados General Election Results 1991". 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
9. "Barbados General Election Results 1994". 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
10. "Barbados General Election Results 1999". 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
11. "Barbados General Election Results 2003". 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
12. "Barbados General Election Results 2008". 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
13. "Barbados General Election Results 2013". 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
14. "Barbados General Election Results 2018". 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
15. "Elections Results". nationnews.com. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

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