Legal Notice 61. Boundary Report 2014
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Legal Supplement Part B–Vol. 54, No. 42–30th April, 2015 1009 LEGAL NOTICE NO. 61 REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ORDER MADE BY THE PRESIDENT UNDER SECTION 72 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO THE ELECTIONS AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION ORDER, 2015 WHEREAS under section 71 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (hereinafter referred to as “the Constitution”) there is established an Elections and Boundaries Commission (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”): And whereas under subsection (1) of section 72 of the Constitution, the Commission is charged, inter alia, with the review of the number and boundaries of the constituencies into which Trinidad and Tobago is divided: And whereas in accordance with paragraph (a) of the said subsection (1) of section 72 of the Constitution, the Commission, on the 28th day of April, 2014 submitted to the Honourable Prime Minister, and on the 28th day of April, 2014 submitted to the Honourable Speaker of the House of Representatives, a report in which it recommends that Trinidad should be divided into thirty-nine constituencies and that there are– (a) no changes to be made in twenty-nine constituencies in Trinidad; and (b) alterations of the boundaries of ten (10) constituencies in the electoral area of Trinidad as follows: (i) In Couva North due to transfer of Polling Division 3115 from this constituency to Couva South; (ii) In Couva South due to transfer of Polling Division 3115 from Couva North; (iii) In Diego Martin West due to transfer of Polling Division 0066 from this constituency to Diego Martin Central; and also transfer of Polling Division 0125 from Diego Martin North-East to Diego Martin West; (iv) In Diego Martin Central due to transfer of Polling Division 0066 from Diego Martin West; 1010 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 (v) In Diego Martin North-East due to transfer from this constituency of Polling Division 0125 to the Diego Martin West constituency and Polling Divisions 0190 and 0195 to Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann’s West; (vi) In Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann’s West due to transfer to this constituency of Polling Divisions 0190 and 0195 from Diego Martin North-East and in addition, transfer from it of Polling Division 0680 to Port-of-Spain South; (vii) In Port-of-Spain South due to transfer to this constituency of Polling Division 0680 from Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann’s West; (viii) In San Fernando East due to transfer from this constituency of Polling Divisions 4055 and 4060 to San Fernando West and transfer into it of Polling Divisions 3860, 3872 and 3905 from Oropouche East; (ix) In San Fernando West due to a transfer into this constituency of Polling Divisions 4055 and 4060 from San Fernando East; and (x) In Oropouche East due to transfer from this constituency of Polling Divisions 3860, 3872 and 3905 to San Fernando East, whereof are delineated in Appendix “E” to the said report and Tobago should remain divided into two constituencies: And whereas it is provided by subsection (3) of section 72 of the Constitution that as soon as may be after the Commission has submitted a report under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of the said section 72, the Minister designated by the Prime Minister for this purpose shall lay before the House of Representatives for its approval the draft of an Order by the President for giving effect, whether with or without modifications, to the recommendations contained in the report: And whereas a draft of this Order giving effect without modifications to recommendations contained in the report of the Commission was laid before the House of Representatives for its approval by the Minister designated for this purpose by the Prime Minister on the 6th day of March, 2015 and was approved by resolution of the House of Representatives on the 20th day of March, 2015: Now, therefore, I, ANTHONY THOMAS AQUINAS CARMONA, O.R.T.T., S.C., President, do hereby order as follows: Citation 1. This Order may be cited as the Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015. Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 1011 Boundaries 2. Trinidad is hereby divided into thirty-nine Schedule constituencies the boundaries whereof are defined in the Schedule to this Order and Tobago remains divided into two constituencies. SCHEDULE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO YEAR 2014 REPORT OF THE ELECTIONS AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION ON THE REVIEW OF CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 72 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO DATED: 27TH MARCH, 2014 1012 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 1013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Folio 1015 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF CONSTITUENCIES 1017—1022 THE REPORT 1024 Appendix A–List of registration areas in Trinidad and Tobago and the number of electors in each such area. 1025 Appendix B–Data on the distribution of the electorate and increase in electorate since 2009 in existing constituencies of Trinidad and Tobago. 1026 Appendix C–Data on the distribution of the elctorate in existing constituencies in Trinidad and Tobago. 1027—1028 Appendix D–Names of constituencies recommended for Trinidad and Tobago and the number of electors proposed for each constituency. 1030 Appendix E–Boundaries of Proposed Constituencies. 1032—1033 Electoral District of Arima 1033—1034 Electoral District of Arouca/Maloney 1034—1035 Electoral District of Barataria/San Juan 1035 Electoral District of Caroni Central 1036 Electoral District of Caroni East 1037 Electoral District of Chaguanas East 1037—1038 Electoral District of Chaguanas West 1038—1039 Electoral District of Couva North 1039—1040 Electoral District of Couva South 1040—1041 Electoral District of Cumuto/Manzanilla 1041—1042 Electoral District of d’Abadie/O’Meara 1043—1044 Electoral District of Diego Martin Central 1044—1045 Electoral District of Diego Martin North/East 1045—1046 Electoral District of Diego Martin West 1046—1047 Electoral District of Fyzabad 1048—1049 Electoral District of La Brea 1049—1050 Electoral District of La Horquetta/Talparo 1050—1051 Electoral District of Laventille East/Morvant 1052—1053 Electoral District of Laventille West 1053—1054 Electoral District of Lopinot/Bon Air West 1054—1055 Electoral District of Mayaro 1055—1056 Electoral District of Moruga/Tableland 1056—1057 Electoral District of Naparima 1057—1058 Electoral District of Oropouche East 1058—1060 Electoral District of Oropouche West 1060—1061 Electoral District of Point Fortin 1061 Electoral District of Pointe-a-Pierre 1062—1063 Electoral District of Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann’s West 1063—1064 Electoral District of Port-of-Spain South 1064—1065 Electoral District of Princes Town 1014 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS–CONTINUED Folio 1065—1066 Electoral District of San Fernando East 1066—1067 Electoral District of San Fernando West 1067—1068 Electoral District of Siparia 1068—1070 Electoral District of St. Ann’s East 1070 Electoral District of St. Augustine 1070—1071 Electoral District of St. Joseph 1072—1073 Electoral District of Tabaquite 1073 Electoral District of Tobago East 1074 Electoral District of Tobago West 1074—1075 Electoral District of Toco/Sangre Grande 1075—1076 Electoral District of Tunapuna 1078—1090 Appendix F–The Distribution of polling divisions: (1) Name of constituency. (2) According to constituencies as recommended in this Report. (3) According to constituencies as recommended in the 2009 Report. 1091—1092 Appendix G–Composite map showing recommended constituencies in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 1015 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF CONSTITUENCIES Pages ARIMA ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1032—1033 AROUCA/MALONEY ... ... ... ... ... 1033—1034 BARATARIA/SAN JUAN ... ... ... ... ... 1034—1035 CARONI CENTRAL ... ... ... ... ... 1035 CARONI EAST ... ... ... ... ... ... 1036 CHAGUANAS EAST ... ... ... ... ... 1037 CHAGUANAS WEST ... ... ... ... ... 1037—1038 COUVA NORTH ... ... ... ... ... ... 1038—1039 COUVA SOUTH ... ... ... ... ... ... 1039—1040 CUMUTO/MANZANILLA ... ... ... ... ... 1040—1041 d’ABADIE/O’MEARA ... ... ... ... ... 1041—1042 DIEGO MARTIN CENTRAL ... ... ... ... 1043—1044 DIEGO MARTIN NORTH/EAST ... ... ... ... 1044—1045 DIEGO MARTIN WEST ... ... ... ... ... 1045—1046 FYZABAD ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1046—1047 LA BREA ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1048—1049 LA HORQUETTA/TALPARO ... ... ... ... ... 1049—1050 LAVENTILLE EAST/MORVANT ... ... ... ... 1050—1051 LAVENTILLE WEST ... ... ... ... ... 1052—1053 LOPINOT/BON AIR WEST ... ... ... ... ... 1053—1054 MAYARO ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1054—1055 MORUGA/TABLELAND ... ... ... ... ... 1055—1056 NAPARIMA ... ... ... ... ... ... 1056—1057 OROPOUCHE EAST ... ... ... ... ... 1057—1058 OROPOUCHE WEST ... ... ... ... ... 1058—1060 POINT FORTIN ... ... ... ... ... ... 1060—1061 POINTE-A-PIERRE ... ... ... ... ... 1061 PORT-OF-SPAIN NORTH/ST. ANN’S WEST ... ... ... 1062—1063 PORT-OF-SPAIN SOUTH ... ... ... ... ... 1063—1064 PRINCES TOWN ... ... ... ... ... ... 1064—1065 SAN FERNANDO EAST ... ... ... ... ... 1065—1066 SAN FERNANDO WEST ... ... ... ... ... 1066—1067 SIPARIA ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1067—1068 ST. ANN’S EAST ... ... ... ... ... ... 1068—1070 ST. AUGUSTINE ... ... ... ... ... ... 1070 ST. JOSEPH ... ... ... ... ... ... 1070—1071 TABAQUITE ... ... ... ... ... ... 1072—1073 TOBAGO EAST ... ... ... ... ... ... 1073 TOBAGO WEST ... ..