Saint George South (Barbados Parliament constituency)
| Saint George South | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the House of Assembly of Barbados | |
| Region | Saint George, Barbados |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1971 |
Saint George South is a constituency in the Saint George parish of Barbados. It was established in 1971.[1] Since 2018, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Dwight Sutherland, a member of the BLP.[2][n 1] The Saint George South constituency is a safe seat for the BLP.
Boundaries
The constituency runs:
From the junction of Highway 4 (the Bridgetown-Bulkeley Road) with ButtalsSt. George’s Church Road at Turnpike in a westerly direction along the middle of Highway 4 to the Roundabout on the Constant-Dash Valley Road; thence in a southerly, westerly, and then southerly direction along the middle of the Dash Valley Road to its junction with Highway 5 (the Bridgetown-Windsor Road) at Hanson Hill; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Highway 5 to its junction with the Egerton-St. Davids Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the Egerton-St. Davids Road to its junction with the St. Davids-Ridge Road; thence in a westerly direction along the St. Davids-Ridge Road to its junction with Highway V (the St. Davids-Bannatyne Road) thence in an easterly direction to its junction with the Bannatyne-Small Ridge Plantation Road; thence in a northerly, westerly, then northerly direction along the middle of the plantation road to its junction with the St. Davids-Edeys-Ridge Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the St. Davids-Edeys-Ridge Road to its junction with the Ridge-Lower Greys Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the Ridge-Lower Greys Road to its junction with Highway 5 (Windsor-Bridgetown Road); thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Windsor-Bridgetown Road to its junction with the Edgecumbe-Ebenezer Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the Edgecumbe-Ebenezer Road to its junction with a pathway leading from Edgecumbe to Highway 4B (the Frenches-Chapel Road); thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Highway 4B to the point which it crosses the gully running to Woodland; thence in a north westerly direction along the gully to a point which is marked by a monument (B.12); thence continuing in a north westerly direction along the gully to the centre of the culvert on Highway 4 (the Woodland-Kendal Road); thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Highway 4 to its junction with the Woodland-Four Roads Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the Woodland-Four Roads Road to its junction with the Todds-Ellesmere Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of the Todds-Ellesmere Road to its junction with the Ellesmere-St. Judes-Newbury Road; thence along the middle of the St. Judes-Newbury Road to its junction with Highway X; thence in a southerly direction along Highway X to its junction with the Workmans-Retreat Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Workmans-Retreat Road to its junction with the Jordans-Free Hill Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the Jordans-Free Hill Road to its junction with the St. George’s Church-Buttals Road; thence in a south easterly direction along the middle of the St. George’s Church-Buttals Road to its junction with Highway 4 at the Turnpike (the starting point).[3]
Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Dwight Sutherland | BLP | |
| 2022 | |||
Elections
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP | Dwight Sutherland | 3,673 | 72.8 | −6.5 | |
| DLP | Dawn Marie Armstrong | 1,143 | 22.7 | +6.4 | |
| APP | Everton Holligan | 151 | 3.0 | +2.0 | |
| SB | Alison Weekes | 76 | 1.5 | −1.4 | |
| Majority | 2,530 | 50.2 | −12.9 | ||
| Turnout | 5,043 | ||||
| BLP hold | Swing | -6.4 | |||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP | Dwight Sutherland | 5,363 | 79.3 | +24.2 | |
| DLP | Esther Byer-Suckoo | 1,100 | 16.3 | −28.6 | |
| SB | Andrew Banfield | 193 | 2.9 | new | |
| UPP | Craig Harewood | 69 | 1.0 | new | |
| Barbados Integrity Movement | Doris Ramratty-Barrow | 34 | 0.5 | new | |
| Majority | 4,263 | 63.1 | +52.8 | ||
| Turnout | 6,759 | ||||
| BLP hold | Swing | +26.4 | |||
Notes
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
- ^ "The History | BARBADOSPARLIAMENT.COM". www.barbadosparliament.com. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Today, Barbados (3 September 2025). "Sutherland resigns as Minister of Housing". Barbados Today. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ^ "Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Review of Boundaries) Order, 2002" (PDF). Electoral and Boundaries Commission. 10 July 2002. p. F14. Retrieved 24 November 2024.