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List of MPs for constituencies in Tobago

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This is a list of members of parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago by Tobagonian constituencies to represent them nationally in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. There are currently two constituencies that represent the autonomous ward of Tobago in the House of Representatives: Tobago East and Tobago West.

From the first general elections held in the colony in 1925 till independence, the whole island of Tobago was represented in the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago with one constituency named Tobago. The two constituencies of Tobago East and Tobago West were created by the Boundaries Commission prior to the 1961 Trinidad and Tobago general election before independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. Although Tobago did not have a large enough voting population to justify the division, the commission determined that it would be best represented by two Members of Parliament. This is reflected in Part IV, section 70 of the 1976 Constitution which requires Tobago to have at least two constituencies.

The list is sorted by the name of the MP.

Current MPs

MP Constituency Party In constituency
since 		Majority Majority (%)
Ayanna Webster-Roy Tobago East PNM 2015 7,951 69.48%
Shamfa Cudjoe Tobago West PNM 2015 10,679 79.20%

Former MPs

Tobago East

Election Years Member Party Notes
1961 4 December 1961 – 13 September 1976 Arthur N.R. Robinson PNM
1976 13 September 1976 – 9 November 1981 Arthur N.R. Robinson DAC
1981 9 November 1981 – 15 December 1986 Pamela Nicholson DAC
1986 15 December 1986 – 11 December 2000 Arthur N.R. Robinson NAR
2000 11 December 2000 – 10 December 2001 Nathaniel Moore NAR
2001 10 December 2001 – 5 November 2007 Eudine Job-Davis PNM
2007 5 November 2007 – 24 May 2010 Rennie Dumas PNM
2010 24 May 2010 – 7 September 2015 Vernella Alleyne-Toppin TOP

Tobago West

Election Years Member Party Notes
1961 4 December 1961 – 13 September 1976 Benjamin Llewellyn Basil Pitt PNM
1976 13 September 1976 – 9 November 1981 Winston Murray DAC
1981 9 November 1981 – 15 December 1986 James I. Ogiste DAC
1986 15 December 1986 – 11 December 2000 Pamela Nicholson NAR
2000 11 December 2000 – 24 May 2010 Stanford Callender PNM
2010 24 May 2010 – 7 September 2015 Delmon Baker TOP

References

  1. Supervisor of Elections. "Report on the Parliamentary General Elections 1961" (PDF). Elections and Boundaries Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. Commonwealth Observer Group (2001). The Trinidad and Tobago General Election: 11 December 2000 : the Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group. Commonwealth Secretariat. ISBN 978-0-85092-680-4. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. "The Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). Laws of Trinidad and Tobago. 1976. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. https://ebctt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015-Parliamentary-Elections-Final-Results-and-CandiatesVote-Count.pdf
  5. https://ebctt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015-Parliamentary-Elections-Final-Results-and-CandiatesVote-Count.pdf
  6. https://ebctt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015-Parliamentary-Elections-Final-Results-and-CandiatesVote-Count.pdf
  7. https://ebctt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015-Parliamentary-Elections-Final-Results-and-CandiatesVote-Count.pdf
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