Parliament
Parliament is bicameral and is located in Bridgetown.
The House of Assembly has 27 members, who are elected to five-year terms by popular vote. The Senate has 21 members, who are appointed by the governor-general, 12 of them on the advice of the prime minister.
Governors-General
1953-1959 Robert Duncan Harris Arundell
1959-1967 John Montague Stow
1967-1976 Arleigh Winston Scott
1976-1976 William Douglas (Acting)
1976-1984 Deighton Lisle Ward
1984-1984 William Douglas (Acting)
1984-1990 Hugh Springer
1990-1995 Nita Barrow
1995-1996 Denys Williams
1996-2011 Clifford Straughn Husbands
2011 now Elliot Belgrave (acting)
Prime Ministers
1954-1958 Grantley Herbert Adams
1958-1961 Hugh G. Cummins
1961-1976 Errol Walton Barrow
1976-1985 John Michael Adams
1985-1986 Bernard St. John
1986-1997 Errol Walton Barrow
1987-1994 Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
1994-2008 Owen Seymour Arthur
2008-2010 David Thompson
2010 now Freundel Stuart
