The Chairperson of the Barbuda Council is the leader of the Barbuda Council. Established by the Barbuda Local Government Act of 1976, the first council election was on March 22, 1979.
Role The council's members vote for the chairperson. Every January or at the first council meeting following an election, the chair is chosen. The representative representing Barbuda in the House of Representatives is in charge of the council meeting when a chairperson is being chosen. The members elect a Chairman, as the case may be, to fill the vacancy caused if the Chairman resigns, dies, or is otherwise ineligible to serve on the Council during its term.
List Below is a table of the chairpersons of the Barbuda Council. IncumbentTenurePartyTook officeLeft officeClaude Earl Francis1977Feb 1978 McChesney George19781979ABLPHilbourne Frank (1st time)19791985BPMArthur Nibbs (1st time)19851987ONREmmanuel Punter1987?1989?BPMHilbourne Frank (2nd time)19891996BPMJohn Thomas19961997ABLPArthur Nibbs (2nd time)1997April 2001BPMFabian Jones (1st time)April 20012005BPMLincoln Burton200519 January 2006BPMRandolph Beazer19 January 20069 January 2008BPMFabian Jones (2nd time)9 January 200831 March 2009BPMKelvin Punter1 April 2009March 2013BPMArthur Nibbs (3rd time)March 201331 March 2015ABLPDavid Shaw1 April 2015March 2017ABLPKnacyntar NeddMarch 20179 May 2018ABLPWayde Burton9 May 20187 January 2020BPMCalsey Joseph7 January 202012 April 2021BPMJacklyn Frank12 April 2021January 2022BPMMackenzie FrankJanuary 202216 January 2024BPMDevon Warner16 January 20247 April 2025BPMJohn Mussington7 April 2025presentBPM
Additionally, the council was chaired by Francilla Francis / Francine Francis before 1995, probably sometime between 1984 and 1988.
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