Senate

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• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia, 15th Bahamian Parliament, read 2026-10-12: composition: 41 House seats (33 PLP, 8 FNM), 16 senators, Speaker and Senate President listed. Fallback: Wikipedia, because bahamas.gov.bs (Parliament and Cabinet pages) returned HTTP 403 to automated fetches; cross-checked against opm.gov.bs press releases cited there For: Senate
• cdn.bahamas.gov.bs · checked Oct 12, 2026 Constitution of The Bahamas, Chapter V Parliament (bahamas.gov.bs PDF), read 2026-10-12: Senate of 16 (Art 39), House of Assembly (Art 46), Speaker (Art 50), life of Parliament (Art 66), writs within 90 days (Art 67). For: Senator (on the advice of the Prime Minister), Senator (on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition), President of the Senate
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia, 15th Bahamian Parliament (Senate section citing opm.gov.bs and bahamaspress.com, 18 May 2026), read 2026-10-12: the 16 senators appointed after the 2026 election: 12 PLP and 4 FNM; start date 2026-05-18 only where the instruments of appointment are reported on that date. Fallback: Wikipedia, because bahamas.gov.bs (Parliament and Cabinet pages) returned HTTP 403 to automated fetches; cross-checked against opm.gov.bs press releases cited there For: Barbara Cartwright as Senator (on the advice of the Prime Minister), Clint Watson as Senator (on the advice of the Prime Minister), D'Asante Small as Senator (on the advice of the Prime Minister), Ja'Ann Major as Senator (on the advice of the Prime Minister), Jerome Fitzgerald as Senator (on the advice of the Prime Minister) and 11 more
• opm.gov.bs · checked Oct 12, 2026 Office of the Prime Minister of The Bahamas, remarks at the presentation of appointment instruments for Government Senators, 2026-05-18, read 2026-10-12: the nine government senators presented that day; opposition senators were not part of that ceremony. For: Rick Fox as Senator (on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition)
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia, 15th Bahamian Parliament infobox (Speaker Patricia Deveaux, Senate President Lashell Adderley), read 2026-10-12: presiding officers of the 15th Parliament; election date at the first sitting not confirmed. Fallback: Wikipedia, because bahamas.gov.bs (Parliament and Cabinet pages) returned HTTP 403 to automated fetches; cross-checked against opm.gov.bs press releases cited there For: Lashell Adderley as President of the Senate