Section 50(1) of the Constitution stipulates that each Candidate for election to the Parliament shall, on the date of his or her nomination for election, make a written declaration to the Supervisor of Elections that he or she is qualified under section 46
of the Constitution and that no disqualifications apply to him or her as set out in section 49 of the Constitution.
This would have been completed by those wishing to run in the upcoming election as Nomination day was Tuesday January 14, 2025.
Declarations were received from nineteen (19) candidates representing the Progressive
National Party and nineteen (19) candidates representing the People’s Democratic
Movement, and from five (5) independent candidates.
Section 50(3) of the Constitution further stipulates that within five (5) days of the
publication of Candidates’ declarations, a challenge to the veracity of the declarations may be brought by any registered voter or the Honourable Attorney General before the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court shall hear and determine the matter as
expeditiously as possible and its decision shall be final and not subject to appeal.
Declarations received from the forty-three (43) candidates nominated on Tuesday,
January 14, 2025 to contest the general elections scheduled for Friday, February 7, 2025 are as follows.
ELECTORAL DISRTICT 01 GRAND TURK NORTH
Progressive National Party
Otis Chuck Morris
People Democratic Movement
George Lightbourne
ELECTORAL DISTRICT 02 GRAND TURK SOUTH
People Democratic Movement
Edwin Astwood
Progressive National Party
Walter Frederick Lake Gardiner
ELECTORAL DISTRICT 03 SOUTH CAICOS
Progressive National Party
John Malcolm
People Democratic Movement
Hynetta Lenore Forbes
ELECTORAL DISTRICT 04 MIDDLE AND NORTH CAICOS
People Democratic Movement
Denaz Williams
Progressive National Party
Arlington Alexander Musgrove
ELECTORAL DISTRICT O5 LEEWARD, PROVIDENCIALES
Progressive National Party
Akierra Mary Deanne Missick
People Democratic Movement
Keith Cox
ELECTORAL DISTRICT 06 THE BIGHT, PROVIDENCIALES
Progressive National Party
Matthew Timothy Stubbs
People Democratic Movement
Kimbule Audric Skippings
ELECTORAL DISTRICT 07 RICHMOND HILL AND CHESHIRE HALL
People Democratic Movement
Finbar Albert Grant
Progressive National Party
Samuel Ernest Been
ELECTORAL DISTRICT 08 BLUE HILLS, PROVIDENCIALES
Progressive National Party
Randy Dexter Howell
People Democratic Movement
Anthony Mc Cleaver Walkin
ELECTORAL DISTRICT 09 FIVE CAYS, PROVIDENCIALES
People Democratic Movement
Bryant R. Cox
Progressive National Party
Rachel Marshall Taylor
ELECTORAL DISTRICT 10 WHEELAND, PROVIDENCIALES
People Democratic Movement
Vaden Delroy Williams
Progressive National Party
Kyle Robert Knowles
INDEPENDENT DISTRICT CANDIDATE
Electoral District 02 Grand Turk South
Derek Been Independent
Electoral District 03 South Caicos
Tamell Seymour Independent
ALL ISLAND CANDIDATES
Progressive National Party
1. Sharon Anne Simons
2. Erwin Jay Saunders
3. Charles Washington Missick
4. Jameka Lashawn Williams
5. Willin Antoni Belliard
6. Josephine Olivia Connolly
7. Shaun David Malcolm
8. Zhavargo Jermaine Jolly
9. Jamell Ryan Robinson
People Democratic Movement
1. Ralph Lewis Higgs
2. Dwayne Taylor
3. Sabrina Green
4. Alvin Kingsley Garland
5. Robert Antonio Been
6. Karen Evadne Malcolm
7. Sean Richard Astwood
8. Ruth Ariza
9. Temard Butterfield
ALL ISLAND INDEPENDENT
1. Paul Bernard Beresford
2. Phillip Mc Rae Robinson
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
All Island Candidate
Winston Mc Laughlin
Please remember Turks and Caicos that voting is your democratic right. You determine the country’s future. See you at the polls on February 7th 2025.
