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1925 Dominican General Election
General elections were held in Dominica in July 1925.Marie Davis Pierre (1975) ''Procedure and Working Methods'', p150 They were the first after the reintroduction of elected members to the Legislative Council for the first time since 1898. Electoral system The reformed Legislative Council had 13 members, with the Administrator as President, six 'official' members (civil servants), four elected members and two appointed members. Candidacy for the elected seats was limited to people with an annual income of at least £200 or owning property valued at £500 or more. Results All four elected members were black. The appointed members were J.R.H. Bridgewater and Laughlan Rose. Rose resigned on 27 March 1926 and was replaced by Henry Harry Vivian Whitchurch.Pierre, p151 References {{Dominican elections 1925 elections in the Caribbean, Dominica 1925 in Dominica Elections in Dominica 1925 elections in the British Empire, Dominica Election and referendum articles with incomplet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominica
Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. Dominica's closest neighbours are two Special member state territories and the European Union, constituent territories of the European Union, both overseas departments of France: Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast. Dominica comprises a land area of , and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census. The island was settled by the Arawak arriving from South America in the fifth century. The Kalinago displaced the Arawak by the 15th century. Christopher Columbus is said to have passed the island on Sunday, 3 November 1493. It was later colonised by Europeans, predominantly by the French from the 1690s to 1763. The French trafficked slaves from W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Davis Pierre
Marie Davis Pierre (12 March 1918 – 24 May 2014) was a Dominican public servant who served as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1980 to 1988. Early life and education The daughter of Pauline Charles Davis and William Lionel Davis, she was born on 12 March 1918 in Dominica. She attended the Convent High School in Pointe Michel. Career In 1937, Davis Pierre started a kindergarten called the St David School. Davis Pierre joined the civil service in 1944 and became Deputy Registrar in 1965. In 1967, when Dominica became an Associated state of Great Britain, she became Clerk of the House. Davis Pierre wrote a book, ''Parliamentary Practice and Working Methods of the Dominica House of Assembly'', which was published in 1975. On 3 November 1978, Dominica became a republic and Davis Pierre organised the Windsor Park meeting of parliament where the constitutional instruments were handed over to Premier Patrick John by Princess Margaret. She retired from the civil service in D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Rawle
Cecil E. A. Rawle (27 March 1891 – 9 June 1938),Gabriel Christian Dominica Academy of Arts and Sciences, May 2011. . was a Dominican barrister and activist."Cecil Rawle" , Caribbean History, ItzCaribbean.com. Early life and education Rawle was born in , Dominica, where his parents, William Alexander Romilly Rawle and Elsie Elizabeth Sophia Garrett, had moved. His father was head of the local branch of the West India and Panama Telegraph Company, the precursor of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Green
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is evidence that Aboriginal Australians inhabited the Greater Sydney region at least 30,000 years ago, and their engravings and cultural sites a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
