Trevor Walker
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Trevor Myke Walker | |
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| Member of the Antigua and Barbuda Parliament for Barbuda | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Acting Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda | |
| In office November 22, 2012 – Unknown | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Barbuda |
| Political party | Barbuda People's Movement |
| Education | Saint Leo University[1] |
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,[2] and the vice chairman of the Barbuda Council[3]
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.[4]
In 2012, Trevor Walker, due to the absence of Baldwin Spencer and Harold Lovell (who usually takes the position as acting prime minister), Trevor Walker was the first Barbudan to be appointed as the acting Prime Minister.[5]
In 2020, Gaston Browne stated, this time directly to Walker, that he will order his arrest if he continues to ignore the central governments laws. Another comment made by the Prime Minister in 2020, the Prime Minister’s comments were in response to Walker, who had earlier said in parliament that the prime minister did not have the power to arrest him. [6]
Hurricane Irma
After Hurricane Irma, in order to rebuild the economy of the island of Barbuda, the Governor-General and the Prime Minister have attempted multiple times to privatize Barbuda's land, due to multiple construction projects being denied by the Barbuda Council.[7]
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
- ^ "Archived copy". www.barbudaful.net. Archived from the original on 12 April 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Barbuda People's Movement (BPM)". barbudaful.net.
- ^ "Trevor Walker MP". barbudaful.net.
- ^ "Caribbean Elections Biography | Trevor Walker".
- ^ Barbuda MP As Acting Prime Minister For Twin Island State NOVEMBER 2012. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09.
- ^ "PM threatens Walker with arrest". 31 July 2020.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: THRONE SPEECH 2021 Friday January 15th 2021. YouTube.