Saint Michael West (Barbados Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in Barbados
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Saint Michael West is a constituency in the Saint Michael parish of Barbados. It was established in 1971.[1] Since 2022, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Christopher Gibbs, a member of the BLP.[2][n 1] The Saint Michael West constituency is a safe seat for the BLP.
| Saint Michael West | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the House of Assembly of Barbados | |
| Region | Saint Michael, Barbados |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1971 |
Boundaries
The constituency runs:
From a point on the western sea coast west of the junction of Spring Garden Highway with Brandons Road in a straight line to Brandons Road; thence along the middle of Brandons Road to its junction with Lower Westbury Road and Lower Deacons Road; thence in a northerly and then in a north easterly direction along the middle of Lower Deacons Road to its junction with Goodland Cross Road; thence in a south easterly direction along the middle of Goodland Cross Road to its junction with Bridge Gap; thence in a north easterly direction along the middle of Bridge Gap to its junction with Highway 1 (the Eagle Hall-Holetown Road); thence in a south easterly direction along the middle of Highway 1 to its junction with Tudor Bridge and Bank Hall Cross Road; thence in a south easterly direction along the middle of Bank Hall Cross Road to its junction with Bridge Road and Hindsbury Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Hindsbury Road to its junction with Roebuck Street at the James A. Tudor Roundabout; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Roebuck Street to its junction with Country Road; thence in a north westerly direction along the middle of Country Road to its junction with Whitepark and Passage Road; thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of Passage Road to its junction with Baxters and Westbury Road; thence in a north westerly direction along the middle of Westbury Road to the junction of President Kennedy Drive; thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of President Kennedy Drive to its junction with Prescod Boulevard and University Row at the Elsie Payne Roundabout; thence in a northerly direction to the sea coast; thence in a northerly direction along the sea coast to a point on the coast west of the junction of Spring Garden Highway with Brandons Road in a straight line to Brandons Road (the starting point)..[3]
Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Branford Taitt | DLP | |
| 1999 | Joseph Atherley | BLP | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2008 | Michael A. Carrington | DLP | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | Joseph Atherley | BLP | |
| 2022 | Christopher Gibbs | ||
| 2026 | |||
Elections
2022
2018
Notes
- 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.
