One Bermuda Alliance
One Bermuda Alliance | |
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Leader | The Hon. Jarion C. Richardson JP MP[1] |
Chairperson | Aguinaldo Medeiros[2] |
Founded | 17 May 2011 |
Merger of | United Bermuda Party Bermuda Democratic Alliance |
Headquarters | Reid Street, Hamilton, Bermuda |
Ideology | Fiscal conservatism Direct democracy Reformism |
Political position | Centre-right[3] |
Slogan | Putting Bermuda first |
Senate | 3 / 11 |
Assembly | 6 / 36 |
Website | |
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The One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) is one of two
History
The United Bermuda Party (UBP) was founded in 1964 and won every Bermuda election until 1998, when it lost to the Progressive Labour Party. The UBP remained the official opposition party until 2011.
The
The initial intention of UBP and BDA negotiators was to formally merge the two parties,[5] but when UBP leader Kim Swan sought an injunction to block the merger, seven sitting MPs of the UBP quit their former party and joined the three BDA members to become Bermuda's new official opposition on 17 May 2011.[6]
The party held its inaugural leadership convention on 10 September 2011, where the former BDA leader, Senator Craig Cannonier, narrowly won the party leadership over challenger
Cannonier resigned party leadership on 19 May 2014,
After the party retained only 6 seats in the 2020 Bermudian general election, Cannonier resigned as party leader in October 2020.[11] N.H. Cole Simons was later sworn in as party leader on 2 November 2020, having been the only candidate for the role and remained in post until August 2023.[12]Jarion Richardson was later sworn in as party leader on 10 August 2023.[13]
Policies
The party's initial slogan was "Putting Bermuda First." Its policies on its foundation included:
- balancing the budget in its first term
- cutting Ministerial pay by at least 10%
- allocating more government contracts to small business
- additional resources for police
- introducing a fully integrated technical curriculum and a longer school day
- having fixed term elections, right to petition for referendums and recall of MPs.
Party leaders
Leader | Entered office | Left office |
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John Barritt (interim) | May 2011 | September 2011 |
Craig Cannonier | September 2011 | May 2014 |
Michael Dunkley | May 2014 | July 2017 |
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin (interim) | July 2017 | November 2017 |
Jeanne Atherden | November 2017 | September 2018 |
Craig Cannonier | September 2018 | October 2020 |
N.H. Cole Simons | November 2020 | August 2023 |
Jarion Richardson | August 2023 | Present |
Election results
Election | Party leader | Votes | Seats | Position | Government | |||||
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No. | % | ± | No. of candidates | No. of seats won | ± | |||||
2012
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Craig Cannonier | 15,949 | 51.70% | — | 36 | 19 / 36
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— | 1st | OBA | |
2017
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Michael Dunkley | 13,837 | 40.62% | 11.06 | 36 | 12 / 36
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7 | 2nd | PLP | |
2020 | Craig Cannonier | 8,314 | 32.27% | 8.34 | 36 | 6 / 36
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6 | 2nd | PLP | |
2025 |
References
- ^ a b "Jarion Richardson Sworn In As Opposition Leader". Bernews. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Meet the One Bermuda Alliance team". One Bermuda Alliance. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Risks to government continuity persist".
- ^ Bermuda Sun, 15 December 2010.
- ^ "UBP agrees to merge with BDA | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Politics".
- ^ "Mass resignation by UBP MPs". bermudasun.bm.
- ^ "Cannonier beats Richards by a whisker in OBA leadership election". bermudasun.bm.
- ^ "Election Map", Royal Gazette, 17 December 2012.
- ^ "Live Blog: Michael Dunkley Has Been Sworn In". 20 May 2014.
- ^ Royal Gazette, 19 July 2017, Dunkley resigns as OBA leader
- ^ "The OBA Has A New Leader: Craig Cannonier Is Out, Cole Simons Steps In". Bermuda Real. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Cole Simons Stands Down As OBA Leader". Bernews. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Jarion Richardson Sworn In As Opposition Leader". Bernews. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2023.