• The Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago served as an advisory commission to the governor in British-ruled Trinidad and Tobago, between 1831: 23 ...
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    implemented a Royal Order in Council constituting Tobago as a ward of Trinidad, thus terminating local government on Tobago and formed a unified colony government...
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    Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago is the legislative branch of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. The Parliament is bicameral. Besides the President of Trinidad...
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    Trinidad and Tobago elects its House of Representatives (the lower house of its legislature) on the national level. The head of government, the prime...
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    Eric Williams (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    a Trinidad and Tobago politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the then British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to...
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  • Atilla the Hun (calypsonian) (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    elected to the Port of Spain City Council in 1946 and was elected to the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago in 1950 representing the St. George...
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    politics of Trinidad and Tobago function within the framework of a unitary state regulated by a parliamentary democracy modelled on that of the United...
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    List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago. Below is a list of speakers of the Legislative Assembly 1950–1961: Below is a...
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  • Arthur Andrew Cipriani (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    was a Trinidad and Tobago labour leader and politician. He served as mayor of Port of Spain, elected member of the Legislative Council, leader of the Trinidad...
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    Albert Gomes (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    politician, and writer of Portuguese descent, was the first Chief Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He was the founder of the Political Progress Groups and later...
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  • culture of Trinidad and Tobago reflects the influence of Indian-South Asian, African, Indigenous, European, Chinese, North American, Latino, and Arab cultures...
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    Bhadase Sagan Maraj (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    assist and fund the building and operations of Hindu and other religious schools in Trinidad and Tobago. He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1950...
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  • James Biggart (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    Tobago in the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago from 1925 until his death in 1932.: 125–146  He was the first Black pharmacist in Tobago and...
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    president of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is the head of state of Trinidad and Tobago and the commander-in-chief of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence...
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    the Legislative Council and 20.3% of the vote. In 1957 it joined the Federal Democratic Labour Party and later co-founded the Trinidad and Tobago Democratic...
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  • Sarran Teelucksingh (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    08 March 1952) was a Trinidad and Tobago businessman and politician. The first Indo-Trinidadian elected to the Legislative Council,: 73  Teelucksingh represented...
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    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Trinidad and Tobago face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Households headed...
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  • The history of Trinidad and Tobago begins with the settlements of the islands by Indigenous First Peoples. Trinidad was visited by Christopher Columbus...
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  • Audrey Jeffers (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    social worker and the first female member of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago. Born in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Trinidad, to an upper-middle-class...
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  • A. P. T. James (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    Black Rock, Tobago, was a Trinidad and Tobago politician. He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1946. He served in the Legislative Council until 1961...
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    Trinidad and Tobago (/ˈtrɪnɪdæd ... təˈbeɪɡoʊ/ , /- toʊ-/, TRIN-ih-dad ... tə-BAY-goh, -⁠ toh-), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the...
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  • Ashford Sinanan (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    1994) was a politician from Trinidad and Tobago who served in various roles prior to and following Trinidad and Tobago’s independence in 1962. Along with...
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    Trinidadian cricketer, lawyer and politician who served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became the UK's first black...
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    Tubal Uriah Butler (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    preacher and labour leader in Trinidad and Tobago. He is best known for leading a series of labour riots between 19 June and 6 July 1937 and for forming...
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  • Adrian Cola Rienzi (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    civil rights activist, politician and lawyer. Krishna Deonarine was born in Palmyra, Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago to a Brahmin Indo-Trinidadian family...
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    Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Originally settled by indigenous people, the island was subject to Spanish slave raids in the sixteenth and early seventeenth...
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  • Isaac Hope (category Members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago)
    was a British-born Trinidad and Tobago politician and planter who represented Tobago in the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago from 1932 until 1938...
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  • The music of Trinidad and Tobago is best known for its calypso music, soca music, chutney music, and steelpan. Calypso's internationally noted performances...
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    The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) is a unicameral devolved legislative body responsible for the island of Tobago within the unitary state of Trinidad and...
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    Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians or Indian-Trinidadians and Tobagonians are people of Indian origin who are nationals of Trinidad and Tobago, whose ancestors...
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