The Tobago Council of the People's National Movement, also known as the Tobago Council of the PNM, PNM Tobago or PNM Tobago Council, is the longest-serving and oldest active political party in Tobago. The party is the autonomous branch of the Trinidad and Tobago People's National Movement operating in Tobago. While its political leader acts in the local capacity, they also serve as a deputy leader on a national level. The party's executives organize for both local and national election campaigns. There have been three PNM Chief Secretaries and administrations.

Founded in 1998, it is the largest and most successful political party in modern Tobagonian politics. With the exception of 2010, the party has won the biggest share of the vote at the Trinidad and Tobago general elections since 2000 and has governed the Tobago House of Assembly uninterruptedly, winning every Tobago House of Assembly election from 2001 until 2021.

The Tobago PNM currently hold 2 of 2 Tobagonian seats in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament and 1 of 15 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). Former Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis is the current and youngest political leader of the PNM after being elected unopposed in the 2020 People's National Movement Tobago leadership election with Kelvon Morris, the party's lone elected assemblymember serving as the party's leader in the THA.

With its predecessor organizations and despite not being a socialist party, it was a member of the democratic socialist West Indies Federal Labour Party in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation from 1957 to 1962, winning the Tobago seat in the 1958 elections.

As of January 2020, the party has roughly 10,000 registered members.

Following the 2026 Tobago House of Assembly election, the party was left with no elected members of the Tobago House of Assembly.

Elected representatives (current)

Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago Members of the Senate Member of ParliamentAppointed Lawrence Hislop22 March 2022 Nigel de Freitas23 September 2015 Hassel Bacchus19 August 2020

Tobago House of Assembly Member of the Tobago House of AssemblyElectoral District Kelvon MorrisDarrel Spring/Whim

Notable party members MemberPositionA. N. R. RobinsonMember of Parliament for Tobago East (1961–1976)Keith RowleyCandidate for Tobago West (1981)Tracy Davidson-CelestineFirst female political leader (2020–2022) Assemblymember for Lambeau/Signal Hill (2021)

Electoral performance West Indies

ElectionParty GroupLeaderVotesSeatsPositionGovernment No. Share No. Share1958WIFLP(National party leader)6,62662.2%100.0%1st

Trinidad and Tobago general elections

ElectionParty leaderVotesSeatsPositionGovernmentNo.%±No.±1956Eric Williams (National party leader)5,52947.54%2nd19618,20868.67% 21.13 2 1st1966 1st19712,67590.65% 1st19765,93342.41% 48.24 2 2nd1981George Chambers (National party leader)7,50342.66% 0.25 2nd19866,35731.90% 10.76 2nd1991Patrick Manning (National party leader)5,62230.08% 1.82 2nd19956,94936.80% 6.72 2nd2000Orville London8,67247.46% 10.66 1 Tie200111,22561.38% 13.92 1 1st200213,43265.75% 4.37 1st200712,53455.26% 10.49 1st201012,30544.09% 11.17 2 2nd201518,56074.34% 30.25 2 1st2020Tracy Davidson-Celestine16,40260.76% 13.58 1st2025Ancil Dennis 2 2nd

Tobago County Council

ElectionLeadersVotesSeatsPositionControlNo.%±No.±1959Eric Williams (National party leader)8,28553.41st19681 1st1971N/AN/AN/A1 1st19776,32652.6N/A4 1st

Tobago House of Assembly

ElectionLeadersVotesSeatsPositionGovernmentNo.%±No.±1980Eric Williams (National party leader)7,09744.42nd1984George Chambers (National party leader)8,20041.43.03 2nd1988Patrick Manning (National party leader)5,97735.85.6 2nd19926,55536.70.9 2nd19965,02333.64.1 2nd2001Orville London10,50046.713.371st200512,13758.411.73 1st200912,31151.27.23 1st201319,97661.210.04 1st2017Kelvin Charles13,31054.76.52 1stJanuary 2021Tracy Davidson-Celestine13,28850.44.34 1st December 202111,943*40.8*9.6*5 2nd

Leaders The leaders of the People's National Movement Tobago Council who additionally serve as deputy leaders of the party nationally have been as follows (any acting leaders indicated in italics):

Key:

MaL: Majority Leader MiL: Minority Leader

LeaderTermPositionChief Secretary1Orville London20013 July 2016MaL 2001–2017himself2Kelvin Charles3 July 201626 January 2020MaL 2017–2020himself3Tracy Davidson-Celestine26 January 2020 (Elected)1 May 2022NoneKelvin CharlesAncil DennisAugustine4Ancil Dennis1 May 2022 (Elected)NoneAugustine

Executive positions These are the positions currently held by the Executive of the PNM Tobago Council:

PositionOfficeholderPolitical LeaderAncil DennisChairpersonLearie PaulVice-ChairpersonCharles AdamsLady Vice-ChairpersonKamaria LondonGeneral SecretaryAkissi LondonElection OfficerKurt WilsonPublic Relations Officer Shomari HectorOperations OfficerAncil ThorneField OfficerPete GrayLabour Relations OfficerKenneth ThomasWelfare OfficerLatoya HorsfordSocial Media OfficerMonique PerreiraYouth OfficerQuincy TrimAssistant General SecretaryKeston WilliamsResearch OfficerAisha McKnightEducation OfficerGerald BrownTreasurerMaxslon Roberts

External links

Facebook page Facebook group Instagram account Tobago Council website (defunct)

See also People's National Movement 2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement leadership election Chief Secretary of Tobago Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly 2022 People's National Movement leadership election List of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago

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