Ascension : Ascension Island Elects First Representative Council
Submitted by The Islander (Juanita Brock) 04.11.2002 (Article Archived on 18.11.2002)
Ascension Island has its first ever elected Council.
By J. Brock (SARTMA)
A general election was held on Ascension Island to elect seven members of the first ever Council. Elected members are: Eric Andrews, Lawson Henry, Iva Henry, Caroline Yon, Peter Thomas, ,Johnny Hobson, and Raxa Sukhtankar.
They were elected from a field of eleven candidates. As yet, there is no date for the first Council Meeting.
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