General elections were held in Bermuda on 1 October 2020 to elect all 36 members of the House of Assembly. On 21 August 2020 Premier Edward David Burt announced that Governor of Bermuda John Rankin has accepted his advice to call a snap election.[1] The election resulted in the largest victory for one party since party politics began in Bermuda in 1968, as the Progressive Labour Party won 62% of the vote and 30 of 36 seats (including 3 seats where they ran unopposed).[2]
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Electoral system
editThe 36 members of the House of Assembly are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.[3]
Contesting parties
edit| Party | Position | Ideology | Leader (since) |
Last election | At dissolution | Contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Labour Party | Centre-left | Social conservatism[4] Social democracy Anti-colonialism |
Edward David Burt (December 2016) |
24 / 36 (67%)
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25 / 36 (69%)
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36 / 36 (100%)
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| One Bermuda Alliance | Centre-right | Liberal conservatism | Craig Cannonier (October 2018) |
12 / 36 (33%)
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10 / 36 (28%)
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31 / 36 (86%)
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| Free Democratic Movement | Centre-right | Conservative liberalism Subsidiarity |
Marc Bean (September 2020) |
0 / 36 (0%)
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0 / 36 (0%)
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14 / 36 (39%)
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Incumbent MPs not seeking re-election
edit| Retiring incumbent | Electoral District | Term in office | Reason | Date announced | Replaced as MP by | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Moniz | OBA | Constituency Nine/Smith's West | 1993-2020 | Not standing | 3 August 2020[5] | ||||
| Rolfe Commissiong | PLP | Constituency 21/Pembroke South East | 2012–2020[6] | Not standing | 28 August 2020[7] | ||||
Candidates by Parish
editThe announced candidates are presented below, along with the incumbent candidates before the election.[8][9] MPs who are not standing for re-election are marked (†). Government ministers and speakers are in bold, and party leaders are in italics.
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | OBA | FDM | ||||||
| Constituency One/St. George's North | Renee Ming | James Perry | Renee Ming | |||||
| Constituency Two/St. George's West | Kim Swan | Thomas Harvey | Dwain Smith | Kim Swan | ||||
| Constituency Three/St. Davids | Lovitta Foggo | Antoine Cannonier[10] | Lovitta Foggo[10] | |||||
| Constituency Four/St. George's South | Tinée Furbert[10] | Kimberlee Pitcher[10] | Tinée Furbert[10] | |||||
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | OBA | FDM | ||||||
| Electoral District Five/Hamilton East | Derrick Burgess | Elizabeth Harvey | Desmond Crockwell | Derrick Burgess | ||||
| Electoral District Six/Hamilton West | Wayne Furbert | Simone Barton | Wayne Furbert | |||||
| Electoral District Seven/Hamilton South | Anthony Richardson | Robin Tucker | Cheryl Packwood | Sylvan Richards Jr. | ||||
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | OBA | |||||
| Constituency Eight/Smith's South | Owen Darrell | Cole Simons | N. Cole Simons | |||
| Constituency Nine/Smith's West | Vance Campbell[11] | Vic Ball[11] | Vacant | |||
| Constituency Ten/Smith's North | Ernest Peets Jr | Michael Dunkley | Michael Dunkley | |||
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | OBA | FDM | Independent | |||||||
| Constituency 11/Devonshire East | Thomas Christopher Famous | Patricia Gordon-Pamplin | Christopher Famous | |||||||
| Constituency 12/Devonshire South Central | Lindsay Kathleen Simmons | Craig Cannonier | Patrice Minors | Marilyn Louise Steede | Craig Cannonier | |||||
| Constituency 13/Devonshire North Central | Diallo Rabain | Charles Francis Batson Swan | Leighsa Darrell-Augustus | Diallo Rabain | ||||||
| Constituency 14//Devonshire North West | Wayne Caines | Catherine Kempe | Wayne Caines | |||||||
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | OBA | FDM | ||||||
| Constituency 15/Pembroke East | Walter Henri Roban | Scott Stewart | Walter Roban | |||||
| Constituency 16/Pembroke East Central | Michael Weeks | Michael Weeks | ||||||
| Constituency 17/Pembroke Central | Jason Hayward | Jason Hayward | ||||||
| Constituency 18/Pembroke West Central | Edward David Burt | Nick Kempe | Enda Matthie | Edward David Burt | ||||
| Constituency 19/Pembroke West | Jache Adams[12] | Marcus Jones[12] | Leyoni Junos | Jeanne Atherden | ||||
| Constituency 20/Pembroke South West | Davida Marie Morris | Susan Jackson | Susan Jackson | |||||
| Constituency 21/Pembroke South East | Curtis Dickinson | Gavin Smith | Rolfe Commissiong[7] | |||||
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | OBA | |||||
| Constituency 22/Paget East | Curtis Peadel Richardson | Scott Pearman | Scott Pearman | |||
| Constituency 23/Paget West | Arianna Jasmin Leigha Hodgson | Jarion Richardson | Patricia Gordon Pamplin | |||
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | OBA | FDM | Independent | |||||||
| Constituency 24/Warwick South East | W. Lawrence Scott | Tarik Smith | Lawrence Scott | |||||||
| Constituency 25/Warwick North East | Ianthia Simmons-Wade[12] | Jon Leslie Brunson | Curtis Dickinson[13] | |||||||
| Constituency 26/Warwick South Central | Neville Tyrrell | Neville Tyrrell | ||||||||
| Constituency 27/Warwick North Central | David Arnold Burch | Douglas Seraphim James DeCouto | Collingwood Robinson | Antoine Raynor
Maria Antoinette Seaman |
David Burch | |||||
| Constituency 28/Warwick West | Dennis James Ryan Lister | Dwayne Vernell Robinson | Dennis Lister III | |||||||
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | OBA | FDM | ||||||
| Constituency 29/Southampton East | Zane DeSilva | DaQuan Jahki Lamel Scott | Zane De Silva | |||||
| Constituency 30/Southampton East Central | Jason Russell Weathered Wade | Leah Kimberly Scott | Leah Scott | |||||
| Constituency 31/Southampton West Central | Crystal Camille Caesar | Benjamin Anthony Smith | * | Ben Smith | ||||
| Constituency 32/Southampton West | Scott Arthur Simmons | Karen Louise Magnum | Christopher Paul Gauntlett | Scott Simmons | ||||
- - Kae Thomas Palacio filed as a candidate for the FDM in constituency 31 but withdrew her candidacy and resigned from the FDM before election day.[14]
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | OBA | FDM | Independent | |||||||
| Constituency 33/Sandys South | Jamahl Simmons | Christina Eliot Storey | Jamahl Simmons | |||||||
| Constituency 34/Sandys South Central | Kim N. Wilson | Nicky Gurret | Clarence E. Dean | Kim Wilson | ||||||
| Constituency 35/Sandys North Central | Dennis Patrick Lister | Michael Cann | Tiana Pamela Butterfield Saltus | Dennis Lister | ||||||
| Constituency 36/Sandys North | Kathy Lynn Simmons | Jefferson Colby Sousa | Marc Allan Bean | Michael Scott | ||||||
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Labour Party | 15,995 | 62.09 | 30 | +6 | |
| One Bermuda Alliance | 8,314 | 32.27 | 6 | –6 | |
| Free Democratic Movement | 1,384 | 5.37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 67 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 25,760 | 100.00 | 36 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 25,760 | 99.15 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 220 | 0.85 | |||
| Total votes | 25,980 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 42,638 | 60.93 | |||
| Source: Parliamentary Registry | |||||
References
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- ^ "Official List: 2020 General Election Winners". 2 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ Bermuda: Election for Bermudian House of Assembly IFES
- ^ "Bermuda's government fights against same-sex marriage in Court of Appeal". 8 November 2018.
- ^ "'Chairman for Life' Bobby Pickersgill quitting the top PNP position". Loop Jamaica. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ McWhirter, Fiona (29 August 2020). "Election 2020: Commissiong falls on his sword | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Commissiong: "I Will Not Be A Candidate"". Bernews. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Meet our confirmed candidates". One Bermuda Alliance. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Bermuda Parliament". parliament.bm. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "One Bermuda Alliance unveils new candidates". www.loopnewscaribbean.com. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ a b "2020 - Parliament Registry of Bermuda". www.elections.gov.bm. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Video: PLP Announce Simmons-Wade & Adams". Bernews. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "2018 - Warwick North East". www.elections.gov.bm. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ Bernews25 Sept. 2020