Parliament of Bermuda

Parliament of Bermuda

Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Assembly
History
Founded	1 August 1620; 404 years ago (1 August 1620)
Leadership
Monarch	Charles III since 8 September 2022
Governor	Rena Lalgie since 14 December 2020
President of the Senate	Joan Dillas-Wright, Independent
Speaker of the House of Assembly	Dennis Lister, Progressive Labour
Structure
Seats	47

Political groups	His Majesty's Government (30) Progressive Labour (30) His Majesty's Loyal Opposition (6) One Bermuda Alliance (6)

Political groups	His Majesty's Government (5) Progressive Labour (5) His Majesty's Loyal Opposition (6) One Bermuda Alliance (3) Independent (3)
Elections
Last election	1 October 2020
Meeting place

House of Assembly Building, Hamilton
Website
parliament.bm

Politics of Bermuda


Law
Monarchy Sovereign Charles III Governor Rena Lalgie
Executive Premier Edward David Burt
Legislative Parliament Senate President: Joan Dillas-Wright House of Assembly Speaker: Dennis Lister Leader of the Opposition: N.H. Cole Simons
Elections Recent elections General: 2007 2012 2017 2020 Political parties Progressive Labour Party (PLP) One Bermuda Alliance (OBA)
Administrative divisions
Citizenship Belonger status British Overseas Territories citizen Passport Visa requirements
Foreign relations Representative of Bermuda, London
Other countries
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The Parliament of Bermuda is the bicameral legislative body of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.^[1] Based on the Westminster system, one of the two chambers (lower house) is elected, the other (upper house), appointed.^[2]

The two chambers are:

House of Assembly (36 members; elected for a five-year term in single seat constituencies)
Senate (11 appointed members)

Originally, the House of Assembly was the only house in the legislature. It held its first session in 1620, making Bermuda's Parliament amongst the world's oldest legislatures and the oldest extant legislature in the Americas. An appointed Privy Council originally performed roles similar to those of an upper house and of a cabinet.

A major constitutional change took place in 1968. The Legislative Council was re-organise into a bicameral system, the only British Oversea Territory to have such system,^[3] with an elected House of Assembly and an appointed Senate. Political parties were legalised, and universal adult suffrage adopted. The position of Premier was also introduced as leader of the ruling party, and an official opposition.

2020 election results

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Labour Party	15,995	62.09	30	+6
	One Bermuda Alliance	8,314	32.27	6	-6
	Free Democratic Movement	1,384	5.37	0	0
	Independents	67	0.26	0	0
Total		25,760	100.00	36	0

Valid votes		25,760	99.15
Invalid/blank votes		220	0.85
Total votes		25,980	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		42,638	60.93
Source: Parliamentary Registry

References

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^ "General Information – Government of Bermuda". parliament.bm. Government of Bermuda.
^ "The Legislature – Government of Bermuda". gov.bm. Government of Bermuda. 3 March 2016.
^ Hendry, Ian Duncan; Dickson, Susan (2018). British overseas territories law (2nd ed.). Oxford: Hart publishing. ISBN 978-1-5099-1872-0.

External links

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Bermuda articles

History

Hurricane strikes Railway Sloop
Colonisation	London Company Sea Venture George Somers Somers Isles Company Nathaniel Butler
Military	Bermuda Base Command (World War II) Militias 1612–1687 1687–1813 1813 North American Station RAF in Bermuda during World War II USN Submarine Base, Ordnance Island Volunteer/Territorial Army Units 1895–1965

Geography

Environment

Flora	Bermuda onion (cultivated) Casuarina (invasive) Elaeodendron laneanum Juniperus bermudiana Lilium longiflorum (cultivated) Sabal bermudana Sisyrinchium bermudiana
Fauna	Bermuda land snail Bermuda petrel Bermuda rock skink Common ground dove Eastern bluebird Gray catbird Great kiskadee Humpback whale Mourning dove Northern cardinal White-eyed vireo White-tailed tropicbird Yellow-crowned night heron

Schools

State	Berkeley Institute Cedarbridge Academy
Independent	Bermuda HS Bermuda Institute Saltus Grammar School Warwick Academy
Tertiary	Bermuda College

Politics

Economy

Society

Places	Places of interest The Causeway The Fairmont Hamilton Princess Government House Hamilton, Bermuda Lighthouses Royal Naval Dockyard Somerset Bridge Victoria Park, Hamilton
Communications	Bermuda Broadcasting Company Newspapers Postal codes TV stations

Culture

Religion

Category

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Unitary	Algeria Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belarus Belize Bhutan Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Chile Colombia Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Czech Republic Dominican Republic Equatorial Guinea Eswatini France Gabon Grenada Haiti Indonesia Ireland Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Morocco Myanmar Namibia Netherlands Oman Palau Paraguay Philippines Poland Romania Rwanda Saint Lucia Slovenia South Africa Spain Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Turkmenistan United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Zimbabwe
Dependent and other territories	American Samoa Bermuda Isle of Man Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico
Non-UN states	Somaliland
Historical	Venezuela (1811-1999) Confederate States (1862–1865) Czechoslovakia (1920–1939) (1969–1992) Estonia (1938–1940) Serbia (1901–1903) Soviet Union (1938–1991) Texas (1836–1845) Yugoslavia (1931–1939, 1945–1963, 1974–1992) FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003) Ottoman Empire (1876–1878, 1908–1920)
Related	Unicameralism Tricameralism Multicameralism List of legislatures by country
National unicameral legislatures National lower houses National upper houses

Legislatures of the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories

United Kingdom (UK)

Sovereign	Parliament of the United Kingdom House of Commons House of Lords
Devolved	Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Dependent territories

Crown Dependencies	Bailiwick of Guernsey¹ dependencies: Alderney Sark Jersey Isle of Man House of Keys Legislative Council
Overseas Territories	Akrotiri and Dhekelia² Anguilla Bermuda House of Assembly Senate British Antarctic Territory² British Indian Ocean Territory² British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha³ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands² Turks and Caicos Islands

¹ "Bailiwick-wide" legislation passed in the States of Guernsey applies not only in Guernsey, but also in Alderney and Sark, with the consent of their governments.
² Territories without legislatures
³ Territories whose councils are purely advisory/consultative rather than legislative.

v t e National legislative bodies of the Americas
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador France Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Falkland Islands Greenland Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands US Virgin Islands

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