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The Honourable
Trevor Myke Walker
The Honourable Trevor Myke Walker
Member of the Antigua and Barbuda Parliament; for Barbuda
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 March 2018
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Rodney Williams
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, responsible for Barbuda Affairs
	In office; 26 April 2004 – 31 December 2006
Barbuda Council Vice Chairperson
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2019
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, responsible for Public Utilities, Energy, and Barbuda Affairs
	In office; 1 April 2007 – 15 March 2009
Minister of Works and Transport
	In office; 16 March 2009 – 12 June 2014
Personal details
Born	Barbuda
Political party	Barbuda People's Movement

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Trevor Myke Walker is a Barbudan politician and former Cabinet Minister under the Baldwin Spencer administration.

Early life

Walker was educated at the Holy Trinity School in Barbuda, that was destroyed in the 2017 Hurricane Irma, but reopened in 2019.

Political career

Trevor Walker is the leader of the Barbuda People's Movement,^[1] and the vice chairman of the Barbuda Council^[2]

Trevor Walker was elected a member of the Barbuda Council in 2001, and in 2004, he ran for the Barbuda seat in the Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives, and tied, but after a recount, won the election. He also won the 2009 and 2018 elections, and was defeated by the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party in 2014.

In 2020, Prime Minister Gaston Browne threatened him with imprisonment, for not following the central government's laws, and in a parliament session, Trevor Walker said that Gaston Browne did not have the power to arrest him.^[3]

Hurricane Irma

After Hurricane Irma, in order to rebuild the economy, the Governor-General and the Prime Minister tried to privatize Barbuda's land, due to multiple construction projects being denied by the Barbuda Council.

Barbuda Land Act

A priority of Trevor Walker is to secure Barbudan people's land rights, even under the pressure of government to privatize the land.

References

^ "Barbuda People's Movement (BPM)". barbudaful.net.
^ "Trevor Walker MP". barbudaful.net.
^ https://antiguaobserver.com/pm-threatens-walker-with-arrest/

[1] "Barbuda People's Movement (BPM)". barbudaful.net.

[2] "Trevor Walker MP". barbudaful.net.

[3] ttps://antiguaobserver.com/pm-threatens-walker-with-arrest/

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 Trevor Walker was elected a member of the [[Barbuda Council]] in 2001, and in [[2004 Antiguan general election|2004]], he ran for the Barbuda seat in the Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives, and tied, but after a recount, won the election. He also won the [[2009 Antiguan general election|2009]] and [[2018 Antiguan general election|2018]] elections, and was defeated by the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party in [[2014 Antiguan general election|2014]].
-In 2020, [[Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda|Prime Minister]] [[Gaston Browne]] threatened him with imprisonment, for not following the central government's laws, and in a parliament session, Trevor Walker said that Gaston Browne did not have the power to arrest him.
+In 2020, [[Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda|Prime Minister]] [[Gaston Browne]] threatened him with imprisonment, for not following the central government's laws, and in a parliament session, Trevor Walker said that Gaston Browne did not have the power to arrest him.<ref>https://antiguaobserver.com/pm-threatens-walker-with-arrest/</ref>
 == Hurricane Irma ==