by Emmanuel H. Joseph
Government Information Service
The Electoral Office has reported that at the close of nomination day on Wednesday, 2nd December, 2009, sixty-two candidates presented themselves for nomination for the December 18, 2009 General Elections. This figure has increased by nineteen (19) over the forty-eight of those who contested the 2005 General Elections.
Members of the Dominica Labour Party, Dominica Freedom Party, the United Worker’s Party, the People’s Democratic Movement, the People’s Progressive Party and independent contenders were all nominated on Wednesday.
Chief Electoral Officer, Merina Williams broke down the candidates by constituency. The following table gives a breakdown by constituency of those nominated.
Constituency |
Persons nominated |
Castle Bruce |
Johnson Drigo (DLP), Jacqueline Laurent-Theodore (IND), Bernard Wiltshire (UWP) |
Colihaut |
Herbert ‘Saby’ Sabaroche (DFP), Delroy Sebastien, Ronald Toulon (DLP) |
Cottage |
Reginald Austrie (DLP), William Riviere (PDM) |
Grandbay |
Justina Charles (DLP), Harrian Henry (DFP), Leanthia Lewis (UWP), Lyndon Peters (DPF) |
La Plaine |
Ron Green (UWP), Peter St. Jean (DLP) |
Mahaut |
Rayburn John Blackmore (DLP), Johnson ‘Boso’ Boston (DFP), Ronald ‘Roni’ Isidore (UWP) |
Marigot |
Dayton Baptiste (DLP), Edison S. James (DLP) |
Morne Jaune |
Abraham Brown (UWP), Benjamin Pascal (DFP), Ivor Stevenson (DLP) |
Paix Bouche |
John Bruno (UWP), Matthew J. Walter (DLP) |
Petite Savanne |
Kenneth M. Darroux (DLP), Samuel Raphael (IND) |
Portsmouth |
Julien Steven Brewster (PDM), Ian Douglas (DLP), Errol M. Hill (IND), Albert Cecil Severin (IND), Murphy Wallace (DFP) |
Roseau Central |
Leonard ‘Pappy’ Baptiste (DPF), Alvin Bernard (DLP), Judith Pestina (DFP), Norris Prevost (UWP) |
Roseau North |
Henry ‘Babs’ Dyer (DFP), Daniel Andrew Lugay (UWP), Julius C. Timothy (DLP), Michael Wright |
Roseau South |
Oliver A. St. John (DFP), Ambrose George (DLP), Bobby A. C. Fredrick (UWP) |
Roseau Valley |
Michael Anthony Astaphan (DFP), Norris Charles (UWP), John Collin McIntyre (DLP) |
Salisbury |
Hector ‘Spags’ John (UWP), Julien B. ‘Tolo’ Royer (DLP), Nehesha Walsh (DFP) |
Salybia |
Christabelle Auguiste (IND), Ashton Graneau (DLP), Claudius Sanford (UWP) |
St. Joseph |
Henry John Abraham (UWP), Marcella Boatswain, Kelver D. Darroux (DLP), Roland Mitchell |
Soufriere |
Glenn Etienne (UWP), Sam Edward Martin (DLP), Philistia Paul-Thomas (DFP) |
Vielle Case |
Maynard M. J. Joseph (UWP), Roosevelt Skerrit (DLP) |
Wesley |
Ezekiel Basil (UWP), Gloria Shillingford (DLP) |
Legend:
DFP = Dominica Freedom Party
DLP = Dominica Labour Party
DPF = Dominica Progressive Force
PDM = People's Democratic Movement
UWP = United Workers Party
IND = Independent Candidate
P.S. As confirmation is received, the various undetermined persons will be updated.
Update: An updated list of candidates and their respective parties can be found on the Electoral Office official website for viewing.
It is expected that the Dominica Freedom Party will seat a total of eleven while the United Workers will seat seventeen candidates. The Dominica Labour Party is expected to contest all twenty-one seats. A total of three persons have so far confirmed their candidacy as independent candidates: hotelier Sam Raphael contesting the Petite Savanne constituency, Portsmouth Mayor Errol Hill and former member of the People’s Democratic Movement, Cecil Severin.
Chief Electoral Officer,
Merina Williams
According to Chief Elections Officer, the Electoral Office is still awaiting confirmation letters from individuals and the Dominica Labour Party.
“We have additional candidates but they have not indicated to us who they will be going up for because the form doesn’t provide for them to indicate which party. Therefore, the parties usually write in to us to let us know and the independent candidates supposed to inform us that they are going up as independent candidates. There may be two (2) more independent candidates but I am not in a position now to say that they are independent as we have not yet received the slate of candidates from the Dominica Labour Party.”
Upon receipt of all the candidates contesting the 2009 polls, the Electoral Office will then order the printing of the ballots.
The Government Information Service will continue to monitor and update the general public when further information is received including that of processes involved in preparing for an election. |
