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词条 Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands
释义

  1. History

  2. Official Members

  3. Elected Members

     Speaker of the Legislative Assembly  Government  Cabinet Ministers  Backbenchers  Opposition  Official Opposition Members   Independent Opposition Member  

  4. Results

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

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Government (12)

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  • {{Color box|#07570C|border=darkgray}} Cayman Democratic Party (2)
  • {{Color box|#6E6550|border=darkgray}} Independent (3)

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    {{Color box|#07570C|border=darkgray}} Speaker (1)

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The Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands is the unicameral legislature of the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands. It is composed of 21 members; 19 elected members for a four-year term and two members ex officio.[1]

The Governor may at any time, by Proclamation, prorogue or dissolve the Assembly. The Governor shall dissolve the Assembly at the expiration of four years from the date when the Assembly first meets after any general election unless it has been sooner dissolved. There shall be a general election at such time within two months after every dissolution of the Assembly as the Governor shall, by Proclamation, appoint. The first meeting of every session of the House shall, by Proclamation, be held on such day as the Governor shall appoint. A session usually consists of four meetings. A Meeting comprises several sittings.

In the elections of 8 November 2000, with a turnout of 80% only non-partisans were elected. After the election, conservative members of parliament formed the United Democratic Party. The conservative social democratic People's Progressive Movement formed in response and won the subsequent election.

Following the most recent election both established parties failed to attain the majority of seats in the legislature. The Progressives (PPM), three of the nine elected independents and the Cayman Democratic Party (CDP) formed a historic national unity government. Progressive leader Alden McLaughlin secured a second term as Premier, with Cayman Democratic Party leader McKeeva Bush as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]

History

The first meeting to discuss the possible legislative future of the Cayman Islands took place on 5 December 1831 at Pedro St. James, a great house in the fertile area of Savannah on Grand Cayman. This building is the seat of parliamentary beginnings in the Cayman Islands.

By 1909 what got established as the Legislative Assembly of Justices and Vestry was meeting in the Court House on the waterfront in what is now the headquarters of the Cayman Islands National Museum, in front of Hog Sty Bay and the cruise passenger arrival terminal. The building served as the seat of government, the court house and the legislature. Now it is the home of the Cayman Islands National Museum.

The present Legislative Assembly building was built on the site of the former Princess Royal Park. The building design was the subject of some controversy when selected as the winner of an international architectural competition. Being the first poured concrete public building in Cayman, modern techniques were not yet in use, so the concrete was mixed on the street and poured pail by pail by a bucket brigade. The cornerstone was laid by Captain Rayal Brazly Bodden, MBE, JP, on 29 September 1971. The building was completed in July 1972.[3]

By 2003, the legislature had outgrown the space and the building was in need of renovating. Repair and refurbishment work on the building began in February 2003, which added more space through reconfiguration, and renovated and refurbished portions of the interior, including the main chamber.

The newly refurbished and expanded building was inaugurated with the opening of the Legislature session on 2 July 2004, two months before Hurricane Ivan, which almost completely devastated Grand Cayman over a two-day period (11–12 September 2004). The LA building withstood the storm with minor damage to its roof.

Nineteen members (Members of the Legislative Assembly, MLAs) are currently elected on a "one person, one vote" basis, following a Constitution Order in 2015.[1] This replaced the electoral system form the 2009 constitutional amendment (where 18 members were elected from five multi- and two single-member constituencies).[4] The two ex officio (appointed) members, the Deputy Governor and the Attorney-General, are appointed by the Governor.

Official Members

  • Hon. Franz Manderson, MBE: Deputy Governor; First Official Member, Responsible for External Affairs
  • Hon. Samuel W. Bulgin, JP, QC: Attorney General; Second Official Member, Responsible for Legal Affairs

Elected Members

Party keyPeople's Progressive Movement
Cayman Democratic Party
Independents

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly

Member Roles
Hon. McKeeva BushSpeaker of the Legislative AssemblyElected Member for West Bay West

Government

Cabinet Ministers

Member Roles District
Hon. Alden McLaughlinPremier of the Cayman Islands; Minister of Human Resources, Immigration and Community AffairsElected Member for Red Bay
Hon. Moses KirkconnellDeputy Premier; Minister of District Administration, Tourism, and Transport Elected Member for Cayman Brac West and Little Cayman
Hon. Juliana O'Connor-ConnollyMinister of Education, Youth, Sports, Agriculture and LandsElected Member for Cayman Brac East
Hon. Joseph HewMinister of Commerce, Planning and InfrastructureElected Member for George Town North
Hon. Roy McTaggartMinister of Public Finance and Economic DevelopmentElected Member for George Town East
Hon. Dwayne SeymourMinister of Health, Environment, Culture and HousingElected Member for Bodden Town East
Hon. Tara RiversMinister of Financial Services and Home AffairsElected Member for West Bay South

Backbenchers

Member District
Mr. David WightElected Member for George Town West
Mrs. Barbara ConnollyElected Member for George Town South
Mr. Austin HarrisElected Member for Prospect
Mr. Bernie BushElected Member for West Bay North
Capt. Eugene EbanksElected Member for West Bay Central

Opposition

Official Opposition Members

Member Roles District
Hon. Ezzard MillerLeader of the OppositionElected Member for North Side
Hon. Alva SuckooDeputy Leader of the OppositionElected Member for Newlands
Mr. Arden McLeanElected Member for East End
Mr. Anthony EdenElected Member for Savannah
Mr. Christopher SaundersElected Member for Bodden Town West

Independent Opposition Member

MemberDistrict
Mr. Kenneth BryanElected Member for George Town Central

While Kenneth Bryan ran and was elected as an independent he no longer caucuses with the official opposition due to differences in opinions between himself and members of the official Opposition, he sits in the Legislative Assembly as the singular independent member of the Opposition[5]

Results

{{Cayman Islands legislative election, 2017}}{{Cayman_Islands_legislative_election,_2013}}{{Cayman_Islands_legislative_election,_2009}}{{Cayman_Islands_legislative_election,_2005}}

See also

  • List of Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands

References

1. ^The Nineteen Single Member Electoral Districts Boundaries Order, 2015
2. ^Smooth swearing-in for Progressives-led national unity government Cayman 27, 31 May 2017
3. ^National Trust Cayman Islands – An Historical Walking Tour - Central George Town
4. ^The Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009
5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2017/08/22/out-of-the-shadows-bryan-parts-with-opposition/|title="Out of the shadows: Bryan parts with opposition"|last=|first=|date=22 August 2017|work=Cayman Compass|access-date=29 August 2018}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.gov.ky}}
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