Electoral Districts
For the legislative council, the Turks and Caicos Islands are divided into fifteen Electoral Districts (four in the Turks Islands and eleven in the Caicos Islands):
| Electoral District | Official Description | Representative as of 2004-10-13 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turks Islands | ||||||||
| Electoral District One | West Road, Grand Turk | Dwayne Taylor | ||||||
| Electoral District Two | Overback, Grand Turk | Floyd Basil Hall | ||||||
| Electoral District Three | Backsalina-North, Grand Turk | Oswald O. Skippings | ||||||
| Electoral District Four | Backsalina-South, Grand Turk1) | Derek Hugh Taylor | ||||||
| Caicos Islands | ||||||||
| Electoral District Five | South Caicos South, South Caicos2) | McAllister Eugene Hanchell | ||||||
| Electoral District Six | South Caicos North, South Caicos | Norman B. Saunders | ||||||
| Electoral District Seven | Middle Caicos | Jeffrey Christoval Hall | ||||||
| Electoral District Eight | North Caicos- East, North Caicos | Michael Eugene Misick | ||||||
| Electoral District Nine | North Caicos- West, North Caicos3) | Clarence W. Selver | ||||||
| Electoral District Ten | The Bight, Providenciales4) | Karen Delancy | ||||||
| Electoral District Eleven | Blue Hills, Providenciales | Vaden Delroy Williams | ||||||
| Electoral District Twelve | Five Cays, Providenciales | Lillian Robinson Been | ||||||
| Electoral District Thirteen | Cheshire Hall, Providenciales | Galmo Williams | ||||||
| 1) including Salt Cay | ||||||||
| 2) including Big Ambregris Cay and Little Ambergris Cay | ||||||||
| 3) including Parrot Cay | ||||||||
| 4) including Pine Cay and Water Cay | ||||||||
An official web site mentions two additional electoral districts on Providenciales, namely Long Bay Hills and Richmond Hill, but without giving district numbers .
For the November 2012 elections the Electoral District Boundary Commission has delineated 10 Electoral districts:
1. Grand Turk North - former West Road and Overback
2. Grand Turk South - former North and South Back Salina, and Salt Cay
3. South Caicos, East Caicos, Little and Big Ambergris Cays
4. Middle and North Caicos, and Parrot Cay
5. Leeward, Providenciales, Pine Cay, Little and Big Water Cays, and East Cays, including Dellis Cay
6. The Bight, Providenciales
7. Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill, Providenciales
8. Blue Hills, Providenciales
9. Five Cays, Providenciales
10. Wheeland and North West and North Central, Providenciales, and West Caicos.
On August 14, 2012, Governor Roderic Todd signed into law the Electoral Districts (Boundaries Amendment) Ordinance.
Read more about this topic: Districts Of The Turks And Caicos Islands
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