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LOCAL GOVERNMENT [CH.37 – 7






LRO 1/2010 STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS

PART II
Subsidiary Legislation made under the Local

Government Act (Chapter 37)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (TOWN AREAS AND TOWN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS) ORDER

(SECTIONS 5(1) and 6(3))
[Commencement 18th July, 2008]

1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government
(Town Areas and Town Committee Members) Order.

2. For the purposes of the Local Government Act,
the Local Government districts specified in the first
column of the Schedule to this Order, in relation to the
respective constituencies and polling divisions specified in
the second column of that Schedule, are divided into the
town areas respectively set out in the third column of that
Schedule in relation to those districts.

3. The population of a polling division, or of more
than one polling division, of a town area specified in the
third column of the Schedule to this Order, comprising
such settlements as may be specified in the fourth column
of that Schedule, shall elect to the town committee for the
town area, the respective number of town committee
members specified in the fifth column of that Schedule in
relation to that town area.



SCHEDULE

S.I. 60/2008

Citation.

Specification of
town areas.

Specification of
number of
committee
members.

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STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS LRO 1/2010


LOCAL CONSTITUENCY TOWNAREAS SETTLEMENTS COUNCIL

GOVERNMENT AND MEMBERS
DISTRICTS POLLING DIVISIONS

1. NORTH ABACO NORTHABACO Little Abaco
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division 2 Crown Haven

Fox Town

Mount Hope 5
Polling Division 3 WoodCay&

Cedar Harbour 2
7

NORTH ABACO Coopers Town
CONSTITUENCY

Polling Division 4 Coopers Town 5
Polling Division 5 Fire Road &

Blackwood 2
7

NORTHABACO Treasure Cay
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division 6 Treasure Cay

5

2.CENTRAL SOUTHABACO Marsh Harbour

ABACO CONSTITUENCY & Spring City

Polling Divisions 4, 5 & 6 Marsh Harbour 7

Polling Division 7 Spring City 2
9

NORTH ABACO Dundas Town
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Divisions 9 & 10 Dundas Town

7

Murphy Town
Polling Divisions 8 & 11 Murphy Town

7

3. SOUTH ABACO SOUTHABACO Cherokee Sound

CONSTITUENCY

Polling Division 8 Cherokee Sound 3
Polling Division 9 Casurina Point &

Bahama Palm Shores 2
5

Crossing Rock

Polling Division 10 Crossing Rock
5

Sandy Point
Polling Division II Sandy Point

5


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LOCAL CONSTITUENCY TOWN AREAS SETTLEMENTS COUNCIL

GOVERNMENT AND MEMBERS
DISTRICTS POLLING DIVISIONS

4.NORTH NORTH ANDROS Mastic Point
ANDROS CONSTITUENCY

Polling Division 7 BARC 1

Polling Division 9 North Mastic Point 3
Polling Division 10 South Mastic Point 3

7

NORTH ANDROS Lowe Sound
CONSTITUENCY

Polling Division I Lowe Sound 3
Polling Division 2 Lowe Sound & a Part 3

of San Andros west
of the Queen's
Highway

Polling Division 6 Red Bays 1
7

NORTH ANDROS Nicholl's Town
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division 3 Nicholl's Town

Morgan's Bluff 2

Polling Division 4 Nicholl's Town &
the Part of San
Andros east of the

Queen's Highway 3
Polling Division 5 Conch Sound 2

7

5. CENTRAL SOUTH ANDROS Behring Point

ANDROS CONSTITUENCY & Cargill Creek

Polling Division 9A Behring Point 1
Polling Division 9B Cargill Creek & 2

Man-O-War Sound

Polling Division 10 Bowen Sound 2
5

Polling Divisions 11 & 12 Fresh Creek AUTEC, Andros
Town, Fresh Creek
Calabash Bay, Small
Hope Bay, Love Hill

7


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STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS LRO 1/2010


LOCAL CONSTITUENCY TOWN AREAS SETTLEMENTS COUNCIL

GOVERNMENT AND MEMBERS
DISTRICTS POLLING DIVISIONS

NORTH ANDROS Staniard Creek
CONSTITUENCY

Polling Division II Stafford Creek I
Polling Division 12 Blanket Sound 2
Polling Division 13 Staniard Creek 2

5

6. SOUTH NORTH ANDROS Dcep Creek

ANDROS CONSTITUENCY

Polling Division I Mars Bay 3
Polling Division 2A Pleasant Bay I

Polling Division 2B Little Creek 2
Polling Division 2C Deep Creek I

7

SOUTH ANDROS Kemp's Bay
CONSTITUENCY

Polling Division 3A Black Point I
Polling Division 3B Kemp's Bay&
Johnson Bay 4
Polling Division 3C Smith's Hill 2

7


Polling Division 4 The Bluff The Bluff 5



SOUTH ANDROS Long Bay Cays
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division 5A High Rock and

Duncombe Coppice 2
Polling Division 5B Long Bay, Long Bay

Cays, Congo Town

and Motion Town 3
Polling Division 6 Driggs Hill 2

7

7. CAT ISALAND CAT ISLAND, RUM CAY Arthur's Town

& SAN SALVADOR
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division I Dumfries, Arthur's

Town & Zion Hill 3
Polling Division 2 Orange Creek 2
Polling Division 3 Bennett's Harbour

Stevenson
Industrious Hill
Gaitors, The Bluff
Wilson Bay, Rakers
& Thurston Hill 2

7

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LOCAL CONSTITUENCY TOWN AREAS SETTLEMENTS COUNCIL
GOVERNMENT AND MEMBERS

DISTRICTS POLLING DIVISIONS
CAT ISLAND, RUM CAY The Bight
& SAN SALVADOR
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division 4 Cove, Tea Bay

Smith's Bay and
Knowles 1

Polling Division 5 New Bight 2
Polling Division 6 Old Bight 2

Polling Division 7 Bain Town, Port

Howe & Zonicle Hill 1

Polling Division 8 McQueen's & Devil
Point 1

7

8.CENTRAL NORTH ELEUTHERA Gregory Town

ELEUTHERA COI\STITUENCY
Polling Division 12 Gregory Town

5

Polling Division 13 Hatchet Bay AliceTown &
Hatchet Bay

5

Polling Division 14 James Cistern James Cistern &
Rainbow Bay

5

SOUTH ELEUTHERA Governor's
CONSTITUENCY Harbour
Polling Divisions 9 & 10 Governor's Harbour

7

SOUTH ELEUTHERA Palmetto Point
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Divisions 11 & 12 North & South

Palmetto Point
7

SOUTH ELEUTHERA Savannah Sound
CONSTITUENCY Savannah Sound &
Polling Division 13 Windermere Island

5

9. SOUTH SOUTH ELEUTHERA Tarpum Bay

ELEUTHERA CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division I Tarpum Bay

7

SOUTH ELEUTHERA Rock Sound
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Divisions 2 & 3 Rock Sound

7
SOUTH ELEUTHERA Green Castle
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division 4 Green Castle

5


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STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS LRO 1/2010


LOCAL CONSTITUENCY TOWN AREAS SETTLEMENTS COUNCIL

GOVERNMENT AND MEMBERS
DISTRICTS POLLING DIVISIONS

SOUTH ELEUTHERA Wemyss Bight
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division 5 Wemyss Bight
Millers & John
Millars 3

Polling Division 6 Deep Creek 2

Polling Division 7 Waterford 1

Polling Division 8 Bannerman Town 1
7

10, EXUMA EXUMA East Exuma

CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division 8 The Forest 1

Polling Division 9 Jimmy Hill, Mount
Thompson &
Ramsey 1

Polling Division 10 Hermitage, Tar Bay

& Moss Town 1

Polling Divisions 11 & 14 George Town, Jolly
Hall &Bahama
Sound, Cottage &
Master Harbour 4

Polling Division 12 Rolle Town and

Hartswell 1

Polling Division 13 Forbes Hill, Williams
Town & Ferry I
9

EXUMA West Exuma

CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division 4 Barreterre & Arnetts
Track 1

Polling Division 5 Stuarts Manor, Curtis

& Alexander I

Polling Division 6 Rollevillc 2

Polling Divisions 7 & 15 Farmer's Hill &
Gilbert Grant
Steven ton, Rakers
Point, Harts, Ocean
Bight & Calvin Hill 3
7

11. EAST GRAND HIGH ROCK Sweeting's

BAHAMA CONSTITUENCY Cay
Polling Division I Sweeting's Cay
5



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LOCAL CONSTITUENCY TOWN AREAS SETTLEMENTS COUNCIL

GOVERNMENT AND MEMBERS
DISTRICTS POLLING DIVISIONS

High Rock
Polling Division 2 High Rock 4

Polling Division 6 McCleans Town and
Pelican Point 3
7

Free Town

Polling Division 4 Free TOWn, Bevans
Town, Gambier Point
& Gold Rock Creek 2

Polling Division 5 Water Cay I

Polling Division 9B Mather Town and
Smith's Point 2
5

12. WEST GRAND WEST END & BIMINI West End

BAHAMA CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division I West End 3

Polling Division 2 West End 2

Polling Division 3 West End 4
9

WEST END & BIMINI Eight Mile Rock

CONSTITUENCY West
Polling Division 4 Holmes Rock 2

Polling Division 5 Martin Hill 3

Polling Division 6 Seagrape 2

Polling Division 7 Jones Town 2
9

EIGHT MILE ROCK Eight Mile Rock

CONSTITUENCY East
Polling Division 6 Hepburn Town 1

Polling Division 7 Bartlett Hill 1

Polling Divisions 8 & 9 IHIanna Hill 3

Polling Divisions 10& I I Pinedale 2

EIGHT MILE ROCK
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division 12 Martin Town and

Russell Town 2
9



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STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS LRO 1/2010


LOCAL CONSTITUENCY TOWN AREAS SETTLEMENTS COUNCIL

GOVERNMENT AND MEMBERS
DISTRICTS POLLING DIVISIONS

EIGHT MILE ROCK Pinder's Point
CONSTITUENCY

Polling Division 13B Hunter's, Mack Town 3

LUCAYA

CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division 7B Williams Town

Russell Town 1

EIGHT MILE ROCK

CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division I Lewis Yard 3

Polling Division 2 Pinder's Point 2
9

13. LONG ISLAND LONG ISLAND & North End

RAGGED ISLAND
CONSTITUENCY

Polling Division 5 Salt Pond 1

Polling Division 6 Miller's and

McKanns 1

Polling Division 7 Milleton

Bridgewater, Simms
O'Niels, Culmers
Deals, Whymms
Alligator Bay, Bain

Morris's & Bunches 2

Polling Division 8 Stella Maris, Glintons

Burnt Ground &
Seymours 3
7



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LRO 1/2010 STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS


LOCAL CONSTITUENCY TOWN AREAS SETTLEMENTS COUNCIL

GOVERNMENT AND MEMBERS
DISTRICTS POLLING DIVISIONS

LONG ISLAND & South End
RAGGED ISLAND
CONSTITUENCY
Polling Division I Morrisville, Roses
Hard Bargain, Bain
Fords, McKenzie
Mortimers, Berries

Wood Hill
Dunmores, Taits
Cabbage Point &

Gordon's 2

Polling Division 2 Clarence Town 1

Polling Division 10 Deadman's Cay

BillyBowe, Buckleys 2

Polling Division 3 Cartwrights

McKenzie, Mangrove
Bush, Pettys
Hamilton, Benzie
Hill, Scrub Hill and

Turnbull 2

Polling Division 4 The Bight, Grays &

Lower Deadman's
Cay 2
9