Tobago Council of the People's National Movement

Tobago Council of the People's National Movement
AbbreviationPNM
LeaderAncil Dennis
ChairpersonLearie Paul
SecretaryAkissi London
Leader in House of AssemblyKelvon Morris
(Minority Leader)
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
HeadquartersPNM Tobago Council Office
Robinson Street
Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago
NewspaperMAGNUM
Youth wingPNM Tobago East Youth League
PNM Tobago West Youth League
Women's wingPNM Tobago East Women's League
PNM Tobago West Women's League
Membership (2020)10,000[1]
IdeologyLiberalism[2][3]
Social liberalism[4]
Nationalism
Centralization
Political positionCentre[5][6] to
centre-left [7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
National affiliationPeople's National Movement
Regional affiliationWest Indies Federal Labour Party (1957–1962)
Colors  Red
Senate
3 / 31
(19 August 2020 – present)
House of Representatives (Tobagonian seats)
2 / 2
(7 September 2015 – present)
Tobago House of Assembly
1 / 15
(6 December 2021 – present)
Election symbol

Balisier flower
Website
pnmtt.live/arm/tobago-council/

The Tobago Council of the People's National Movement,[14] also known as the Tobago Council of the PNM, PNM Tobago or PNM Tobago Council, is the longest-serving and oldest active political party in Tobago.[15] The party is the autonomous branch of the Trinidad and Tobago People's National Movement operating in Tobago. While its political leader acts in the local capacity, they also serve as a deputy leader on a national level. The party's executives organize for both local and national election campaigns. There have been three PNM Chief Secretaries and administrations.

Founded in 1998,[16] it is the largest and most successful political party in modern Tobagonian politics. With the exception of 2010, the party has won the biggest share of the vote at the Trinidad and Tobago general elections since 2000 and has governed the Tobago House of Assembly uninterruptedly, winning every Tobago House of Assembly election from 2001 until 2021.

The Tobago PNM currently hold 2 of 2 Tobagonian seats in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament and 1 of 15 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). Former Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis is the current and youngest political leader of the PNM after being elected unopposed in the 2020 People's National Movement Tobago leadership election with Kelvon Morris, the party's lone elected assemblymember serving as the party's leader in the THA.

With its predecessor organizations and despite not being a socialist party, it was a member of the democratic socialist West Indies Federal Labour Party in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation from 1957 to 1962, winning the Tobago seat in the 1958 elections.

As of January 2020, the party has roughly 10,000 registered members.[17]

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