50 CANDIDATES REGISTER FOR APRIL 14th ELECTION

The Elections Office has confirmed that it received nomination submissions from 50 individuals on Monday March 1st for the General Election on Wednesday, 14th April.

“Nomination Day activities ran like clockwork today. It was a testament to the efforts of our staff over the last few weeks as they worked tirelessly getting ready for today’s logistics, preparing materials, ensuring transportation ran smoothly, and training for accepting nominations,” the Elections Office said in a statement.

Supervisor of Elections, Wesley Howell said: “I’m so proud of the professionalism of the entire team and would like to thank the Elections Office team, the RCIPS, the Accounts team from the Portfolio of the Civil Service, and Treasury on Cayman Brac for their assistance in making this possible.”

The Elections Office will now consider their eligibility as candidates with final confirmation to be announced on Thursday 4th March.

The 50 candidates vying for the 19 seats in the Parliament includes several new faces as well prospective candidates who did not contest the 2017 election but ran previously.

There are also several former ministers from previous administrations seeking to re-enter government.

Two MPs from the last parliament, Tara Rivers and Anthony Eden, will not run.

61 candidates contested the 2017 polls, 11 more than those who put forward their names on Monday.

The Preliminary list which will be confirmed this Thursday is made up of:

Bodden Town East:

• Seymour, Dwayne (incumbent)

• Bodden, Osbourne

Bodden Town West:

• Saunders, Chris (incumbent)

• Vincent, Frederick

East End:

• McLean, Arden (incumbent)

• Frederick, McCleary

• Rankine, Isaac

George Town Central:

• Bryan, Kenneth (incumbent)

• Cornwall, Frank

George Town East:

• McTaggart, Roy (incumbent)

• Bernard, Richard

• DeCou,Emily

• McField, Frank

• Rowlandson, Christina

George Town North:

• Hew, Joey (incumbent)

• Moxam, Johann

George Town South:

• Connolly, Barbara (incumbent)

• Lindsay, Alrick

George Town West:

• Wight, David (incumbent)

• Mcgaw-Lumsden, Pearlina

• Solomon, Ellio

• Webster, Kenrick

Newlands:

• Suckoo, Alva (incumbent)

• Carter, Roydell

• Gonzales Jr., Raul

• Panton, Wayne

North Side:

• Miller, Ezzard (incumbent)

• Broderick nee Miller, Debra

• Ebanks, Johany (Jay)

• Ebanks, Justin

Prospect:

• Harris, Austin (incumbent)

• Myles, Michael

• Turner, Sabrina

Red Bay:

• McLaughlin, Alden (incumbent)

• Jackson, Sammy

Savannah:

• Bodden, Heather

• Eden, Malcolm

• Williams, Jeanna

West Bay Central:

• Ebanks, Capt. Eugene (incumbent)

• Ebanks Wilks, Katherine

West Bay North:

• Bush, Bernie (incumbent)

• Anglin, Rolston

West Bay South:

• Ebanks, Andre

• Nicholson-Coe, Raul

West Bay West:

• Bush, McKeeva (incumbent)

• Ebanks, Mario

Cayman Brac East:

• O'Connor-Connolly, Juliana (incumbent)

• Elvis, McKeever

Cayman Brac West:

• Kirkconnell, Moses (incumbent)

• McCoy-Moore, Maxine