Christ Church East (BB Parliament constituency)

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Christ Church East is a constituency in the Christ Church area of Barbados represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament since 2018 by Wilfred Abrahams[1] MP of the Barbados Labour Party.[n 1]

Since its founding in 1971 it has been a marginal constituency between the BLP and the DLP.

Boundaries[]

From a point on the sea coast south of the terminus of the School Hill-St Christopher Road in a straight line to the terminus of the School Hill-St Christopher Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the School Hill-St Christopher Road to its junction with Sayes Court-Hopewell Road; thence along the middle of Sayes Court-Hopewell Road to its junction with Highway U (the Hopewell-Chancery Lane Road); thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Highway U to its junction with Waverley Road: thence in a northerly direction along the middle of Waverley Road to its junction with Pegwell Boggs Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Pegwell Boggs Road to its junction with Pegwell Boggs New Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of Pegwell Boggs New Road to its junction with Gibbons Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Gibbons Road to its junction with Highway 7 (the Oistins-Airport Road); thence in a north easterly direction along Highway 7 to its junction with Highway S (the Providence-Balls Road); thence in northerly direction along the middle of Highway S to its junction with the ABC Highway; thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of the ABC Highway to its junction with Highway 6 at the Henry Forde Round-a-bout; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Highway 6 (the Balls-St. Patricks Road) to its junction with Highway Q (the Balls-Lower Greys Road); thence in a north easterly direction along the middle of Highway Q to its junction with Highway R (the Pilgrim-Ridge Road); thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Highway R to its junction with the ABC Highway; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the ABC Highway to a point near light pole #499; thence in a southerly direction with a straight line to its junction with the Fairy Valley Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Fairy Valley Road to its junction with the Seawell House-Paragon Road; thence along the middle of the Seawell House-Paragon Road to a straight line leading to a point on the Sea Coast south of Paragon House; thence in a westerly direction along the sea coast to a point on the coast south of the terminus of the School Hill-St. Christopher Road (the starting point).

History[]

Members of Parliament[]

Election Member Party
1971 DLP
1976 BLP
1981 BLP
1986 DLP
1991 DLP
1994 BLP
1999 BLP
2003 BLP
2008 DLP
2013 DLP
2018 Wilfred Abrahams[2] BLP

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. ^ "Member Details". www.barbadosparliament.com. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Member Details". www.barbadosparliament.com. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
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