List of elected politicians in the British Virgin Islands
List of elected politicians
A total of 64 people have been elected to serve in the Legislature of the British Virgin Islands; 56 were men, and eight were women.

List of elected politicians in the British Virgin Islands

Section Title: List of elected politicians
Table Section Text: A total of 64 people have been elected to serve in the Legislature of the British Virgin Islands; 56 were men, and eight were women.

No.	Name	Year(s) elected	Party (ies)	Offices held	Notes

1.	Anthony, Alban Ulric	1979, 1983	VIP	Deputy Chief Minister (1979–1983), Minister for Communications, Works and Industry (1975–1983)

2.	Black, Lloyd	1999, 2003	NDP	Minister for Education and Culture (2003–2007)

3.	Brewley, E. Walwyn	1983, 1986, 1990, 1995	UP, Ind, CCM	Leader of the Opposition (1995–1999), Minister for Communications and Works (1983–1986)

4.	Brudenell-Bruce, John Charles	1950	None	First/only white person to be elected.

5.	Christian, Archibald	2011, 2015	NDP	Junior Minister (2015-present)

6.	Christopher, J. Alvin	1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011	VIP, NDP, Ind, PEP	Minister for Communications and Works (1995–2003 and 2005–2006), Deputy Chief Minister (2000–2002), Minister for Natural Resources and Labour (2003–2005)

7.	Christopher, Delores	2003, 2011, 2015	NDP	Died in office (2018)

8.	Cills, Oliver	1971, 1975, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1995	VIDP, VIP	Minister for Communications and Works (1971–1975 and 1986–1990), Leader of the Opposition (1977–1979), Minister for Natural Resources and Labour (1995–1999)

9.	Dawson, Ivan	1957, 1960, 1963, 1967	UP	Member for Trade and Production (1963–1967), Minister for Natural Resources (1967–1971)

10.	de Castro, Carlton L.E.	1950	Member of the march of 1949.

11.	de Castro, Sharie	2019	VIP

12.	Fahie, Andrew	1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019	VIP	Minister for Health, Education and Welfare (2000–2003), Minister for Education and Culture (2007–2011)

13.	Faulkner, Theodolph H.	1954, 1960	Member of the march of 1949.

14.	Flax, Keith L.	2007	VIP

15.	Flax-Charles, Shereen	2019	VIP

16.	Fonseca, Isaac Glanville	1950, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1967	POP	Member for Works and Communications (1963–1967)	Member of the march of 1949.

17.	Fraser, Earl P.	1983	UP

18.	Fraser, Julian	1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019	VIP, PU	Minister for Communications and Works (2002–2003 and 2007–2011), Minister for Natural Resources and Labour (1999–2002)

19.	Frett, Alred	1995	VIP	Minister for Health, Education and Welfare (1995–1997)

20.	George, Reeial	1971, 1995, 1995	VIP

21.	Harrigan, Elvis J.	2007	VIP

22.	Henley, A. Austin	1971, 1975	VIDP, UP	Leader of the Opposition (1975–1977)	Died in office (1977)

23.	Hodge, Omar Wallace	1979, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007	Ind, VIP, IPM, CCM	Minister for Natural Resources and Labour (1986–1988 and 2007–2011)

24.	Leonard, Edwin Harris	1954	Stepped down in 1955.

25.	Lettsome, Terrance Buckley	1963, 1967, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995	UP, VIP	Minister for Communications and Works (1967–1971, 1979–1983, 1990–1995)

26.	Maduro, Conrad Antonio	1971, 1983, 1986, 1995	UP	Minister for Natural Resources, Public Health and Labour (1972–1975), Leader of the Opposition (1988–1990)

27.	Maduro-Caines, Alvera	2011, 2015, 2019	NDP

28.	Malone, Carvin	2019	VIP

29.	Malone, Leslie Franklin	1954, 1957, 1960	Member for Trade and Production (1957–1960)

30.	Malone, Vernon	2007	VIP

31.	O'Neal, Hubert	2015	NDP

32.	O'Neal, H. Robinson	1967	VIDP	Died in office.

33.	O'Neal, Ralph Telford	1975, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011	VIDP, Ind, UP, VIP	Chief Minister (1995–2003) and Premier (2007–2011). Leader of the Opposition (1983–1988, 2003–2007 and 2011-present). Various Ministerial posts.	Longest serving member of Legislative Council / House of Assembly (39 years, 280 days)

34.	O'Neal, Waldo E.	1957

35.	Osborne, Qwominer William	1963, 1967, 1971, 1975	VIDP, VIP	Leader of the Opposition (1967–1971), Minister for Natural Resources and Public Health (1971–1972)

36.	Parsons, Eileene L.	1995, 1999, 2003	Ind, VIP, NDP	Minister for Natural Resources and Labour (2005–2007), Minister for Health, Education and Welfare (1997–2000), Deputy Chief Minister (1999–2000)	Joint first woman elected. First female minister.

37.	Penn, Andre	1995	UP

38.	Penn, Howard Reynold	1950, 1954, 1957, 1960	Member for Trade and Production (1954–1957 and 1960–1963)

39.	Penn, Marlon	2011, 2015, 2019	NDP	Junior Minister (2015-present)

40.	Penn, Ruth Dancia	2007	VIP	Deputy Premier (2007–2011), Minister for Health and Social Development (2007–2011)

41.	Penn-O'Neal, Irene	2007	VIP

42.	Pickering, Kendrick	1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015	NDP	Deputy Premier (2011–present)

43.	Romney, Cyril	1979, 1983, 1986, 1990	Ind	Chief Minister (1983–1986), Leader of the Opposition (1990–1993)

44.	Rymer, Kye	2019	VIP

45.	Scatliffe, Arnando	1963	POP, VIP

46.	Scatliffe, Vincent	2007	VIP

47.	Skelton, Ronnie	1999, 2003, 2011, 2015	NDP	Deputy Chief Minister (2003–2007), Minister of Finance (2003–2007), Minister for Health (2003–2007 and 2011–present)

48.	Smith, Angel	1995 by-election	VIP

49.	Smith, Daniel Orlando	1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015	NDP	Chief Minister (2003–2007) and Premier (2011-present), Leader of the Opposition (1999–2003 and 2007–2011), Minister for Tourism (2003–2007), Minister of Finance (2011–present)

50.	Smith, Ethlyn E.	1995, 1999	Ind, CCM, VIP	Joint first woman to be elected

51.	Smith, Leopold E.	1967	UP

52.	Smith, Neville	2019	VIP

53.	Smith, Wilfred Wilson	1954	Member for Works and Communications (1954–1957)

54.	Stoutt, Elmore	2005 by-election	NDP	Minister for Communications and Works (2006–2007)

55.	Stoutt, Hamilton Lavity	1957, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995	UP, VIP	Five terms as Chief Minister (1967–1971, 1979–1983, 1986–1995). Leader of the Opposition (1971–1975 and 1983–1986). Various Ministerial posts.	Highest number of election victories (11). Died in office (1995).

56.	Stoutt, Prince MacDonald	1977 by-election, 1979, 1990	VIP

57.	Turnbull, Melvin M.	2015, 2019	NDP, PVIM

58.	Vanterpool, Mark	1999, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019	NDP, VIP	Minister for Communications and Works (2011–present)

59.	Walters, C. Louis	1986, 1990	VIP	Minister for Health, Education and Welfare (1986–1995)

60.	Walwyn, Myron	2011, 2015	NDP	Minister for Education (2011–present)

61.	Wattley, Paul	2003	NDP	Minister for Communications and Works (2003–2005)	Died in office (2005).

62.	Wheatley, Natalio	2019	VIP

63.	Wheatley, Willard	1971, 1975, 1979, 1983	Ind, VIDP, UP, Other	Two terms as Chief Minister (1971–1979), Minister for Education (1971–1979), Minister for Finance (1975–1979), Minister for Health, Education and Welfare (1983–1986), Leader of the Opposition (1979–1983)

64.	Wheatley, Vincent	2019	VIP

Main parties Concerned Citizen's Movement (CCM) BVI United Party (UP) Independent People's Movement (IPM) National Democratic Party (NDP) People's Own Party (POP) Positive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) Progressives United (PU) VI Democratic Party (VIDP) Virgin Islands Party (VIP)

Sentence(s)

Ralph T. O'Neal is the longest serving elected politician in British Virgin Islands history having served in the House of Assembly and Legislative Council for 39 years, 280 days.

final_sentence: Ralph T. O'Neal is the longest serving elected politician in British Virgin Islands history having served in the House of Assembly and Legislative Council for 39 years, 280 days.