List of parliaments of Trinidad and Tobago
This is a list of parliaments in Trinidad and Tobago.
Diagram | Assembly sessions | Election | From: To:[1] | Governing party | Prime Minister | Official opposition party | Leader of the Opposition Party | Speakers of the House[2] Date Elected |
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1st Independent Parliament | 10th general | 29 December 1961 – 25 August 1966 | People's National Movement | Eric Williams | Democratic Labour Party | Rudranath Capildeo (1961–1963) | Clytus Arnold Thomasos (29 December 1961) | |
2nd Independent Parliament | 11th general | 25 November 1966 – 22 April 1971 | People's National Movement | Eric Williams | Democratic Labour Party | Rudranath Capildeo (1966–1967) Vernon Jamadar (1969) | Clytus Arnold Thomasos | |
3rd Independent Parliament | 12th general | 18 June 1971 – 19 June 1976 | People's National Movement | Eric Williams | Democratic Labour Party | Vernon Jamadar (1971) Alloy Lequay (1972–1976) | Clytus Arnold Thomasos | |
1st Republican Parliament | 13th general | 24 September 1976 – 18 September 1981 | People's National Movement | Eric Williams | United Labour Front | Basdeo Panday | Clytus Arnold Thomasos | |
2nd Republican Parliament | 14th general | 27 November 1981 – 29 November 1986 | People's National Movement | George Chambers | United Labour Front | Basdeo Panday | Matthew Ramcharan (27 November 1981) | |
3rd Republican Parliament | 15th general | 12 January 1987 – 19 November 1991 | National Alliance for Reconstruction | A. N. R. Robinson | People's National Movement | George Chambers | Nizam Mohammed (12 January 1987) | |
4th Republican Parliament | 16th general | 13 January 1992 – 6 October 1995 | People's National Movement | Patrick Manning | United National Congress | Basdeo Panday | Occah Seepaul (12 January 1987) | |
5th Republican Parliament | 17th general | 27 November 1995 – 3 November 2000 | United National Congress and National Alliance for Reconstruction (Government of National Unity comprising the following) | Basdeo Panday | People's National Movement | Patrick Manning | Hector McClean (27 November 1995) | |
6th Republican Parliament | 18th general | 12 January 2001 – 9 October 2001 | United National Congress | Basdeo Panday | People's National Movement | Patrick Manning | Rupert Griffith (12 January 2001) | |
7th Republican Parliament | 19th general | 5 April 2002 – 28 August 2002 | People's National Movement | Patrick Manning (Appointed by The President in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act – Chapter 1:01 Section 76 (1)[3]) | United National Congress | Basdeo Panday | Rupert Griffith | |
8th Republican Parliament | 20th general | 17 October 2002 – 28 September 2007 | People's National Movement | Patrick Manning | United National Congress | Basdeo Panday | Barendra Sinanan (17 October 2002) | |
9th Republican Parliament | 21st general | 17 December 2007 – 8 April 2010 | People's National Movement | Patrick Manning | United National Congress – Alliance | Basdeo Panday (10 September 2006 – 24 January 2010) Kamla Persad-Bissessar (24 January 2010) | Barendra Sinanan (17 December 2007) | |
10th Republican Parliament | 22nd general | 18 June 2010 – 17 June 2015 | People's Partnership[4]
| Kamla Persad-Bissessar | People's National Movement | Patrick Manning (19 December 1986 – 26 May 2010) Keith Rowley (26 May 2010) | Wade Mark (18 June 2010) | |
11th Republican Parliament | 23rd general | 23 September 2015 – 3 July 2020 | People's National Movement | Keith Rowley | People's Partnership Coalition | Kamla Persad-Bissessar | Bridgid Annisette-George (23 September 2015) | |
12th Republican Parliament | 24th general | 28 August 2020 – present | People's National Movement | Keith Rowley | United National Congress | Kamla Persad-Bissessar | Bridgid Annisette-George (28 August 2020) |
See also
References
- ^ From the day that the writs were returned to the day that the legislature was dissolved.
- ^ "Trinidad and Tobago Parliament".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Victory for the People". 25 May 2010.