ST MICHAEL IN FOCUS

Meet the candidates concentrates today on the constituencies in St Michael. Our attention is on St Michael North and St Michael East.

ST MICHAEL NORTH

Davidson Ishmael joined the Barbados Labour Party in 2012 and built a strong organisational record, serving eight years as President of the St Michael North Branch, eight years on the National Executive Council, and seven years as Party Treasurer. Elected Member of Parliament for St Michael North in January 2022, served as Minister responsible for Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology from 2022 to 2024 and currently serves as Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness

Dr. Dawn Marie Armstrong is a sports and exercise psychologist and former national cricketer. She has been educated at the University of the West Indies and universities in the United Kingdom and is the first Caribbean national to be both British Psychological Society Chartered and Health and Care Professions Council Registered in her field. Dr Armstrong is the Founder of and Principe Psychologist of Afro Sport Psych.

Bertram Ricardo Harrison is the First Vice-President of Friends of Democracy and Spokesperson for Housing and Criminal Justice. A Justice of the Peace and practicing Attorney-at-Law, he has completed military training in Puerto Rico, Martinique, and Canada, including peacekeeping training at the Pearson Peacekeeping College in Halifax. He served over 40 years as a reserve officer in the Barbados Defence Force and has held leadership roles in education and civic organisations.

ST MICHAEL EAST

Trevor Prescod is a long-serving Barbadian legislator who has represented the people of St. Michael East in the House of Assembly. He has also held national executive responsibility, having been appointed Minister of Environment and National Beautification in May 2018.

Ensley Granger is an attorney-at-law and former senior police officer. He served over three decades in the Royal Barbados Police Force and is an experienced court prosecutor. He earned his law degree from the University of the West Indies and the Hugh Wooding Law School having been called to the Bar in 2020.