Claxton Bay (parliamentary Constituency)
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Claxton Bay is a parliamentary
electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
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on the south-west coast of
Trinidad Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...
. David Lee of the
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was elected its Member of Parliament in the
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and
2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 10 August 2020, to elect 41 members to the 12th Trinidad and Tobago Republican Parliament. It was the 14th election since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 and the 22nd ...
s. The constituency was renamed from Pointe-à-Pierre for the
2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 28 April 2025 to elect all 41 members of the House of Representatives. President Christine Kangaloo, on the advice of Prime Minister Stuart Young, dissolved parliament and issued the writs ...
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Constituency profile

The constituency was created prior to the 1956 general election. It had an electorate of 23,504 as of 2015. It includes
Claxton Bay Claxton Bay is a community in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in Central Trinidad, south of Couva and Chaguanas and north of San Fernando and is administered by the Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo is one ...
,
Marabella Marabella is a town in southern Trinidad Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of Sout ...
, Tarouba,
Pointe-à-Pierre Pointe-à-Pierre ( ) is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It lies north of San Fernando and south of Claxton Bay. It is most famous as the site of the country's largest (and now, only) oil refinery which used to be run by Petrotrin, the state-ow ...
and portions of Vistabella. It is considered a
marginal seat A marginal seat or swing seat is a constituency held with a small majority in a legislative election, generally one conducted under a single-winner voting system. In Canada, they may be known as target ridings. The opposite is a safe seat. T ...
. In 2025, the seat was renamed to refer to the town of
Claxton Bay Claxton Bay is a community in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in Central Trinidad, south of Couva and Chaguanas and north of San Fernando and is administered by the Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo is one ...
.


Members of Parliament

This constituency has elected the following members of the
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Election results


Elections in the 2020s


Elections in the 2010s


References

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