Frederick McAlpine

McAlpine is a reverend.^[1] He is affiliated with the Pentecostal church.^[2] McAlpine was chairman of the Hotel Corporation Board.^[3]

McAlpine ran as an independent candidate in the 2002 Bahamian general election in Marco City but was defeated by Pleasant Bridgewater.^[2]

In the 2017 Bahamian general election, McAlpine was elected for the Free National Movement (FNM) in the constituency of Pineridge defeating Michael Darville.^[4] After the new government was formed he was disappointed about not being appointed to the Cabinet.^[5] In 2018, he was sacked as chairman of the Hotel Corporation Board after he voted against an increase in value-added tax.^[6] He, along with Vaughn Miller, said they would not quit the FNM over the issue.^[7] McAlpine criticised his governments budget.^[8] In 2019, he helped distribute relief to hurricane victims in Freeport.^[9]

He was a critic of former Prime Minister Hubert Minnis.^[10] He claimed that a trip MP Adrian Gibson took to London, England was unnecessary at the expense of Bahamian taxpayers.^[11] He abstained from voting in favour of the government's Immigration Amendment Bill 2019.^[12] He said that he would abstain on any vote of no-confidence put by the Official Opposition.^[13] He thought his party was looking dishonest. He called his party a "Pinocchio government".^[14] In August 2019, the Free National Movement's Pineridge Constituency Association called on McAlpine to resign from the party.^[15]

In July 2021, During the COVID-19, McAlpine was outspoken about the impact on Grand Bahama.^[16] Issues he has spoken on include the Grand Bahama Port Authority.^[17]

In the 2021 Bahamian general election, he stood as an independent candidate but was defeated by Progressive Liberal Party candidate Ginger Moxey.^[18] He came in second place and outpolled the new FNM candidate.^[19] After the election he decried against “partisan politics”.^[20] In 2024, he announced he would again stand as an independent candidate in the constituency.^[21] He is standing in the 2026 Bahamian general election.^[22] He will face Ginger Moxey in the general election.^[23]