Island Council of Saba
Legislative body of the Dutch special municipality
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Island Council of Saba | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | Jocelyn Levenstone since 1 July 2026 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 5 |
Political groups | WIPM (3) |
Political groups | PEP (2) |
Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
Last election | 15 March 2023 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Government Building, The Bottom | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Island Council of Saba is the legislative body of the Dutch special municipality of Saba. It consists of five members and elections take place every four years. The Island Council appoints and supervises the commissioners in the Executive Council. The Island Council is chaired by the Island Governor.[1]
Composition
Current members
Currently there are two political parties represented in the Island Council: The Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) holds three seats and the Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity (PEP) holds two seats.
| Portrait | Member | Party | First took office |
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Rolando Wilson | Windward Islands People's Movement | 2003 |
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Vito Charles | Windward Islands People's Movement | 2016[2] |
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Elsa Peterson | Windward Islands People's Movement | 2023 |
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Saskia Matthew | Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity | 2023 |
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Julio Every | Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity | 2023 |
Former Members
Starting in 1951, five Island Council members were elected at large. Members of the council, from 1951 to the present, are:[3][4]
| Year | Island Council Members | ||||
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| 1951 | John Herman Hassell | David Lionel Henry Donker[5] | Lamber Hassell | John Esmond Mathew Levenstone[6] | Kenneth Peterson[7] |
| Cornelia Rosina Jones[8] | |||||
| 1955 | John Arthur Anslyn[9][10][11] | John William Johnson | Eugenius Achilas Johnson[11] | ||
| 1959 | Samuel Wilson Jr. | Richard Dudley Johnson | Eric Milton Johnson | ||
| 1963 | Peter Leicester Granger[12][11] | Henry Earl Johnson[13] | Maximilaan Willem Nicholson[14][11][5] | ||
| 1967 | John Godfrey Woods[15][11] | Eugenius Achilas Johnson | |||
| Calvin Holm | |||||
| 1971 | John Esmond Mathew Levenstone[6] | ||||
| 1975[16] | William Stanley Johnson | Eddison Melvyn Peterson | Ishmael Mathew Amael Levenston[16] | ||
| 1979 | Ray Hassell | Christian Richard Alexander Sorton[17] | David Mac Clean Johnson | ||
| 1983[18] | Vernon Raphael Hassell[19] | Ishmael Mathew Amael Levenston | Hugo Levenstone[20] | ||
| 1987 | Ramon Adolphus Hassell | Elmer Wycliffe Linzey[21][22] | |||
| 1991 | Steve Hassell | Roy Smith | George Leonard Hassell | ||
| Calvin Holm | |||||
| 1995 | Ramon Adolphus Hassell | Christina ten Brink-Charles | Ray Hassell | ||
| 1999[23] | William Stanley Johnson | Lisa Hassell | Eric Adrel Linzey | Ishmael Mathew Amael Levenston | |
| 2003[24] | Rolando Ricardo Wilson | Steve Hassell | Lucia Woods | ||
| 2007[25] | Chris Johnson | Bruce Zagers | Carl Buncamper | Akilah Levenstone | |
| 2011[26] | Ishmael Mathew Amael Levenston | Shamara Nicholson-Linzey | Eviton Heyliger | ||
| 2015[27] | Monique Wilson | ||||
| Vito Charles[2] | |||||
| 2019[28] | Hemmie van Xanten | Esmeralda Johnson | |||
| 2023 | Saskia Matthew | Elsa Peterson | Rolando Ricardo Wilson | ||
