Saint Thomas (Barbados Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in Barbados
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Saint Thomas is a constituency in the Saint Thomas parish of Barbados. It was established in 1645 as one of the original 11 constituencies.[1] Since 2026, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Gregory Nicholls, a member of the BLP.[n 1] It was previously held for 25 years by Cynthia Y. Forde.[2] The Saint Thomas constituency is a safe seat for the BLP.
| Saint Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the House of Assembly of Barbados | |
| Region | Saint Thomas, Barbados |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1645 |
Boundaries
The constituency runs:
From a point in the centre of the road called Highway 2 (the SpringvaleHaggatts Road) opposite to a monument (B.7) placed on the western side of the road in a straight line to the triangulation station known as “ Hillaby” S.15 at the end of the Hillaby Tenantry Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Hillaby Tenantry Road to its junction with Farmers-Turners Hall Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the Farmers-Turners Hall Road to its junction with the Farmers-Plum Tree-Ridgeway Gully; thence in a westerly direction along the Farmers-Plum Tree-Ridgeway Gully to the point at which it is crossed by the Ronald Mapp Highway (the Warrens-Rock Dundo Road); thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the Ronald Mapp Highway to its junction with the Luther Johnson Roundabout; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of the Seaview-Reeves Hill Road to a point marked by a monument (B.8) placed on the southern side of the road; thence in a southerly direction to the middle of the Ridgeway-Molyneaux gully; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Ridgeway-Molyneaux gully to the point where it is crossed by the Ronald Mapp Highway; thence in a southerly direction along the Ronald Mapp Highway to its junction with the Bagatelle-Grand View Road; thence along the middle of the Bagatelle-Grand View Road to the point where it crosses the Apple Grove Gully; thence in a southerly then westerly direction along the middle of the Apple Grove Gully to a point leading to Terrace Drive Road, Welches Terrace; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Terrace Drive Road to the Ronald Mapp Highway; thence in a southerly direction to its junction with the Gordon Cummins Highway; thence in an easterly direction along the Gordon Cummins Highway to its junction with Highway 2 at Everton Weekes Roundabout; thence in a north easterly direction along Highway 2 to its junction with the Jackson-Canewood Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Canewood Road to its junction with Highway E (Hothersal Turning-Proute Village Road); thence in a north-easterly direction along the middle of Highway E to the point where it crosses the Fisherpond-Proute-Bridgefield Gully; thence along the middle of the said gully to the point where it meets the Jack-In-The-Box Gully; thence along the middle of the Jack-In-The-Box Gully to the point where it is crossed by the Hopewell-Walkes Spring Road; then turning right along the middle of the Hopewell-Walkes Spring Road to its junction with Highway E; then turning left along the middle of Highway E to its junction with the Mt. Wilton-Bloomsbury Road; thence turning right along the middle of the Mt. Wilton-Bloomsbury Road to its junction with Highway 2; thence along the middle of Highway 2 to a point in the centre of Highway 2 (the Sturges-Springvale Road) opposite the monument (B.7) (the starting point).[3]
Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 by-election | Cynthia Y. Forde | BLP | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2022 | |||
| 2026 | Gregory Nicholls | ||
Elections
2022
2018
2001 by-election
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.
