Shanendon Eugene Cartwright is a Bahamian politician from the opposition

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. He is the member of parliament for St. Barnabas. He was first elected in the

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. He was re-elected in the

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. Cartwright was executive chairman of the Bahamas Public Parks and Beaches Authority. In 2022, he was elected deputy leader of the

(FNM). On 4 December 2024, Cartwright threw the parliamentary mace out of a window, after feeling Speaker

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did not let him speak. This move paralleled an incident in 1965, when the leader of the opposition also threw the mace out of a window, pushing for political change, in an event since dubbed "Black Tuesday". It followed reports from US federal prosecutors that Bahamian officials were facilitating imports of cocaine into the United States in exchange for bribes. Members of the FNM were later forced out of the building by police. Cartwright was later released.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cartwright, Shanendon Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Free National Movement politicians Members of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas 21st-century Bahamian politicians Deputy opposition leaders