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1 Legal Supplement Part B Vol. 54, No th March, LEGAL NOTICE NO. 44 REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO RESOLUTION WHEREAS it is provided by subsection (3) of section 72 of the Constitution that as soon as may be after the Commission has submitted a report under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of the said section 72, the Minister, designated by the Prime Minister for this purpose, shall lay before the House of Representatives for its approval the Draft Order by the President for giving effect, whether with or without modifications, to the recommendations contained in the report: And whereas the Commission has submitted a report to the Prime Minister and the Speaker in accordance with the provisions in subsection (1) of section 72: And whereas the draft of an Order entitled the Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 giving effect to the accommodations of the Commission was laid before the House of Representatives on the 6th day of March, Be it Resolved: That the Draft Order entitled The Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 be approved. Approved in the House of Representatives this 20th day of March, J. SAMPSON-MEIGUEL Clerk of the House PRINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, CARONI REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2015

2 Legal Supplement Part B Vol. 54, No th April, LEGAL NOTICE NO. 61 REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ORDER MADE BY THE PRESIDENT UNDER SECTION 72 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO THE ELECTIONS AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION ORDER, 2015 WHEREAS under section 71 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (hereinafter referred to as the Constitution ) there is established an Elections and Boundaries Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission ): And whereas under subsection (1) of section 72 of the Constitution, the Commission is charged, inter alia, with the review of the number and boundaries of the constituencies into which Trinidad and Tobago is divided: And whereas in accordance with paragraph (a) of the said subsection (1) of section 72 of the Constitution, the Commission, on the 28th day of April, 2014 submitted to the Honourable Prime Minister, and on the 28th day of April, 2014 submitted to the Honourable Speaker of the House of Representatives, a report in which it recommends that Trinidad should be divided into thirty-nine constituencies and that there are (a) no changes to be made in twenty-nine constituencies in Trinidad; and (b) alterations of the boundaries of ten (10) constituencies in the electoral area of Trinidad as follows: (i) In Couva North due to transfer of Polling Division 3115 from this constituency to Couva South; (ii) In Couva South due to transfer of Polling Division 3115 from Couva North; (iii) In Diego Martin West due to transfer of Polling Division 0066 from this constituency to Diego Martin Central; and also transfer of Polling Division 0125 from Diego Martin North-East to Diego Martin West; (iv) In Diego Martin Central due to transfer of Polling Division 0066 from Diego Martin West;

3 1010 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 (v) In Diego Martin North-East due to transfer from this constituency of Polling Division 0125 to the Diego Martin West constituency and Polling Divisions 0190 and 0195 to Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West; (vi) In Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West due to transfer to this constituency of Polling Divisions 0190 and 0195 from Diego Martin North-East and in addition, transfer from it of Polling Division 0680 to Port-of-Spain South; (vii) In Port-of-Spain South due to transfer to this constituency of Polling Division 0680 from Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West; (viii) In San Fernando East due to transfer from this constituency of Polling Divisions 4055 and 4060 to San Fernando West and transfer into it of Polling Divisions 3860, 3872 and 3905 from Oropouche East; (ix) In San Fernando West due to a transfer into this constituency of Polling Divisions 4055 and 4060 from San Fernando East; and (x) In Oropouche East due to transfer from this constituency of Polling Divisions 3860, 3872 and 3905 to San Fernando East, whereof are delineated in Appendix E to the said report and Tobago should remain divided into two constituencies: And whereas it is provided by subsection (3) of section 72 of the Constitution that as soon as may be after the Commission has submitted a report under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of the said section 72, the Minister designated by the Prime Minister for this purpose shall lay before the House of Representatives for its approval the draft of an Order by the President for giving effect, whether with or without modifications, to the recommendations contained in the report: And whereas a draft of this Order giving effect without modifications to recommendations contained in the report of the Commission was laid before the House of Representatives for its approval by the Minister designated for this purpose by the Prime Minister on the 6th day of March, 2015 and was approved by resolution of the House of Representatives on the 20th day of March, 2015: Now, therefore, I, ANTHONY THOMAS AQUINAS CARMONA, O.R.T.T., S.C., President, do hereby order as follows: Citation 1. This Order may be cited as the Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015.

4 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, Boundaries Schedule 2. Trinidad is hereby divided into thirty-nine constituencies the boundaries whereof are defined in the Schedule to this Order and Tobago remains divided into two constituencies. SCHEDULE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO YEAR 2014 REPORT OF THE ELECTIONS AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION ON THE REVIEW OF CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 72 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO DATED: 27TH MARCH, 2014

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6 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, TABLE OF CONTENTS Folio 1015 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF CONSTITUENCIES THE REPORT 1024 Appendix A List of registration areas in Trinidad and Tobago and the number of electors in each such area Appendix B Data on the distribution of the electorate and increase in electorate since 2009 in existing constituencies of Trinidad and Tobago Appendix C Data on the distribution of the elctorate in existing constituencies in Trinidad and Tobago Appendix D Names of constituencies recommended for Trinidad and Tobago and the number of electors proposed for each constituency Appendix E Boundaries of Proposed Constituencies Electoral District of Arima Electoral District of Arouca/Maloney Electoral District of Barataria/San Juan 1035 Electoral District of Caroni Central 1036 Electoral District of Caroni East 1037 Electoral District of Chaguanas East Electoral District of Chaguanas West Electoral District of Couva North Electoral District of Couva South Electoral District of Cumuto/Manzanilla Electoral District of d Abadie/O Meara Electoral District of Diego Martin Central Electoral District of Diego Martin North/East Electoral District of Diego Martin West Electoral District of Fyzabad Electoral District of La Brea Electoral District of La Horquetta/Talparo Electoral District of Laventille East/Morvant Electoral District of Laventille West Electoral District of Lopinot/Bon Air West Electoral District of Mayaro Electoral District of Moruga/Tableland Electoral District of Naparima Electoral District of Oropouche East Electoral District of Oropouche West Electoral District of Point Fortin 1061 Electoral District of Pointe-a-Pierre Electoral District of Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West Electoral District of Port-of-Spain South Electoral District of Princes Town

7 1014 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 Folio TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED Electoral District of San Fernando East Electoral District of San Fernando West Electoral District of Siparia Electoral District of St. Ann s East 1070 Electoral District of St. Augustine Electoral District of St. Joseph Electoral District of Tabaquite 1073 Electoral District of Tobago East 1074 Electoral District of Tobago West Electoral District of Toco/Sangre Grande Electoral District of Tunapuna Appendix F The Distribution of polling divisions: (1) Name of constituency. (2) According to constituencies as recommended in this Report. (3) According to constituencies as recommended in the 2009 Report Appendix G Composite map showing recommended constituencies in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

8 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF CONSTITUENCIES Pages ARIMA AROUCA/MALONEY BARATARIA/SAN JUAN CARONI CENTRAL CARONI EAST CHAGUANAS EAST CHAGUANAS WEST COUVA NORTH COUVA SOUTH CUMUTO/MANZANILLA d ABADIE/O MEARA DIEGO MARTIN CENTRAL DIEGO MARTIN NORTH/EAST DIEGO MARTIN WEST FYZABAD LA BREA LA HORQUETTA/TALPARO LAVENTILLE EAST/MORVANT LAVENTILLE WEST LOPINOT/BON AIR WEST MAYARO MORUGA/TABLELAND NAPARIMA OROPOUCHE EAST OROPOUCHE WEST POINT FORTIN POINTE-A-PIERRE PORT-OF-SPAIN NORTH/ST. ANN S WEST PORT-OF-SPAIN SOUTH PRINCES TOWN SAN FERNANDO EAST SAN FERNANDO WEST SIPARIA ST. ANN S EAST ST. AUGUSTINE ST. JOSEPH TABAQUITE TOBAGO EAST TOBAGO WEST TOCO/SANGRE GRANDE TUNAPUNA

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10 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, YEAR 2014 REPORT OF THE ELECTIONS AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION ON THE REVIEW OF CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 72 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO: THE HONOURABLE KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR, PRIME MINISTER AND THE HONOURABLE WADE MARK, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Elections and Boundaries Commission (the Commission) hereby submits its Year 2014 Report on the review of the number and boundaries of the constituencies into which Trinidad and Tobago is divided pursuant to Section 72 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (the Constitution). Specifically, subsection 72(1) of the Constitution requires the Commission to review periodically the number and boundaries of the constituencies into which Trinidad and Tobago is divided for the purpose of elections to the House of Representatives (the House), and to submit to the Speaker of this body and to the Prime Minister for presentation to the House in accordance with this subsection, reports either: (a) showing the constituencies into which it recommends that Trinidad and Tobago should be divided in order to give effect to the rules set out in the Second Schedule; or (b) stating that, in the opinion of the Commission, no alteration is required to the existing number or boundaries of constituencies in order to give effect to the said rules. Subsection 72(2) of the Constitution prescribes as follows: Reports under subsection (1) shall be submitted by the Commission not less than two nor more than five years from the date of submission of its last report. The last Report of the Commission executed in pursuance of its responsibilites under subsection 72(1) and 72(2) as aforementioned, was submitted on 30th April, 2009, Thus, the deadline for the submission of the instant Report (the Report) to the Prime Minister and to the Speaker of the House is 29th April, The Report is submitted for such action as is provided for by subsections (3) and (6) of Section 72 of the Constitution which prescribe as follows: (3) As soon as may be after the Commission has submitted a report under subsection (1)(a) the Minister designated by the Prime Minister for this purpose (in this section called the Minister ) shall lay before the House of Representatives for its approval the draft of an Order by the President for giving effect, whether with or without modifications, to the recommendations contained in the report, and that draft may make provision for any matters which appear to the Minister to be incidental to or consequential upon the other provisions of the draft. (6) Where any draft made under this seciton is approved by resolution of the House of Representatives, the Minister shall submit it to the President who shall make the Order in terms of the draft; and that Order shall come into force on such day as may be sepcified therein and, until revoked by a further Order made by the President in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall have the force of law. PRESCRIBED CONSTITUENCIES It should be noted that with respect to elections to the House, Section 70 of the Constitution stipulates that: (1) Trinidad and Tobago shall be divided into thirty-six constituencies or such other number as may be provided for by an Order made by the President in accordance with the provisions of this Part and each such constituency shall return one member to the House of Representatives. (2) Not less than two such constituencies shall be in the Island of Tobago..

11 1018 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 By virtue of Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2005 made by the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and published as Legal Notice No. 198 in Legal Supplement Part B, Vol. 44, No. 138, dated 8th August, 2005: Trinidad is hereby divided into thirty-nine constituencies the boundaries whereof are defined in the Schedule to this Order and Tobago remains divided into two constituencies.. THE ANNUAL LIST Subsections (1) and (2) of Section 29 of the Representation of the People Act, Chap. 2:01 (ROP) provide as follows: 29.(1) The Commission shall, in respect of each Parliamentary, Municipal Council and the Tobago House of Assembly electroal district, publish on 1st July, of every year a list (hereunder referred to as the annual list) of all persons qualified to be, and duly registered as, electors in that electoral district. 29.(2) The annual list shall continue in force until 30th June of the following year and on the commencement of an electoral registration shall be deemed to be the preliminary list of electors for that electoral district.. However, because of the proximity, in 2013, of the Chaguanas West By-Election and the Municipal Corporation Election, it was considered necessary for the Commission to request a variation of the date of publication of the annual list which is provided for under subsection 29(3) of the ROP which states: 29.(3) The President may by Order in any year vary the date specified in subsections (1) and (2) wherever it appears to him that circumstances have arisen that warrant the variation.. Arising therefrom, the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago issued an Order dated 28th day of June 2013 by way of Legal Notice NO. 88 for variation of... the date of publication of the annual list for each Parliamentary, Municipal Council and the Tobago House of Assembly electoral district in Trinidad and Tobago (...) from 1st July, 2013 to 2nd December, The Annual List of Electors which was accordingly published on 2nd December, 2013 and updated as at 29th January, 2014 contained a total of one million and eighty-seven thousand, seven hundred and eighty-one (1,087,781) names of individuals; of which number one million and forty thousand, four hundred and sixty-two (1,040,462) were registered to vote in Trinidad and forty-seven thousand, three hundred and nineteen (47,319) in Tobago. A listing of registration areas in Trinidad and Tobago showing the number of electors in each is provided at Appendix A. In Appendix B, comparative data are tabulated for Trinidad and Tobago showing the distribution, by constituency, given in (a) the Commission s Year 2009 Parliamentary Report on the Review of Constituency Boundaries Pursuant to Section 72 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and (b) the instant Report. APPLICATION OF RULES IN RESPECT OF DELIMITATION OF CONSTITUENCIES In the Second Schedule of the Constitution the following prescriptions are provided under BOUNDARIES AND CONSTITUENCIES : 1. These rules are the Delimitation of Constituencies Rules in accordance with which the constituencies of Trinidad and Tobago are to be delimited under section 72(1). 2. Subject to paragraph 3, the electorate shall, so far as is practicable be equal in all constituencies. 3. The number of constituencies in Tobago shall not be less than two. 4. In Trinidad and in Tobago, respectively, the electorate in any constituency shall not be more than one hundred and ten per cent nor be less than ninety per cent of the total electorate of the island divided by the number of constituencies in that island.

12 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, Special attention shall be paid to the needs of sparsely populated areas which on account of size, isolation or inadequacy of communications cannot adequately be represented by a single member of Parliament. 6. Natural boundaries such as major highways and rivers shall be used wherever possible. 7. In this Schedule Trinidad means the Island of Trinidad and its offshore islands, and Tobago means the Island of Tobago and its offshore islands.. Upon application of Rule 4 of the Second Schedule referred to in the foregoing, the relevant parameters shown in the table below were determined using the figures for the total electorate in Trinidad, and in Tobago, viz: respectively, one million and forty thousand, four hundred and sixty-two (1,040,462), and forty-seven thousand, three hundred and nineteen (47,319). Band Parameter Trinidad Tobago (Electors) Permissible Upper Limit 29,347 26,026 Average 26,679 23,660 Permissible Lower Limit 24,011 21,294 Inspection of the data in the table labelled Appendix C which is a listing of the distribution of the electorate in Trinidad and Tobago reveals that two (2) constituencies, viz: Couva North and Diego Martin West fall above the Permissible Upper Limit and that four (4) constituencies, viz: Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West, Port-of-Spain South, San Fernando West, and San Fernando East fall below the Permissible Lower Limit. ADJUSTMENTS In order to meet the requirement that constituencies should fall within the Permissible Upper and Lower Limits, it became necessary to make the following adjustments. These changes were made with due consideration being given to maintenance of communities and the use of natural boundaires. A. CONSTITUENCY: COUVA NORTH ELECTORATE: 29,355; (above Permissible Upper Limit) ORIGINAL NUMBER OF POLLING DIVISIONS: 40 ADJUSTMENTS Polling Division 3115 (in Couva North) having an electorate of 526 was transferred to Couva South, thereby reducing the electorate of couva North to 28,829, and the number of Polling Divisions to 39. Collaterally, the electorate of Couva South was increased to 28,069 which is below the Permissible Upper Limit. Correspndingly its number of Polling Divisions was increased by one to 37. SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF ADJUSTMENTS UNDER A : (i) Constituency: Couva North Electorate: 28,829 (within Permissible Limits) No. Polling Divisions: 39 (ii) Constituency: Couva South Electorate: 28,069 (within Permissible Limits) No. Polling Divisions: 37

13 1020 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 B. CONSTITUENCY: DIEGO MARTIN WEST ELECTORATE: 29,434; (above Permissible Upper Limit) ORIGINAL NUMBER OF POLLING DIVISIONS: 48 ADJUSTMENTS Polling Division 0125 in Diego Martin North/East having an electorate of 583 is added to Diego Martin West thus increasing the electorate of the latter to 30,017 and the number of its Polling Divisions to 49. Next, Polling Division No having an electorate of 773 is removed from Diego Martin West and added to Diego Martin Central having an electorate of 28,555 and 41 Polling Divisions, thereby resulting overall in a nett electorate of 29,244 and a reduction of Polling Divisions to 48 in Diego Martin West; and an increase in the elctorate of Diego Martin Central to 29,328 and in the number of its Polling Divisions by one to 42. As a consequence of the removal of Polling Division 0125 from Diego Martin North/East, this constituency s electorate of 29,114 and 45 Polling Divisions were reduced to 28,531 and 44 respectively. However, it became necessary to transfer two Polling Divisions, viz: Nos and 0195 with a combined total of 838 electors from the electoral district of Diego Martin North/East to that of Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West in the process of adjusting the boundaries of the latter, its electorate of 23,364 being below the Minimum Permissible Limit. Thus, the electorate of Diego Martin North/East was reduced to 27,693 and the number of Polling Divisions to 42. SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF ADJUSTMENTS UNDER B : (i) Constituency: Diego Martin West Electorate: 29,244 (within Permissible Limits) No. Polling Divisions: 48 (ii) Constituency: Diego Martin Central Electorate: 29,328 (within Permissible Limits) No. Polling Divisions: 42 (iii) Constituency: Diego Martin North/East Electorate: 27,693 (within Permissible Limits) No. Polling Divisions: 42 C. CONSTITUENCY: PORT-OF-SPAIN NORTH/ST. ANN S WEST ELECTORATE: 23,634; (below Permissible Lower Limit) ORIGINAL NUMBER OF POLLING DIVISIONS: 58 ADJUSTMENTS Polling Divisions 0190 and 0195 with electorates of 715 and 123 respectively, were transferred from Diego Martin North/East to this constituency as was stated at item B. Accordingly, the electorate in Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West was increased to 24,472 and the number of Polling Divisions to 60. Next, Polling Division 0680 with an electorate of 212 in Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West was transferred to the constituency of Port-of-Spain South, thereby reducing the elctorate of the former to 24,260 and the number of Polling Divisions to 59. As a consequence, the Port-of-Spain South s electorate of 23,989 and 63 Polling Divisions are increased respectively, to 24,201 and 64. SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF ADJUSTMENTS UNDER C : (i) Constituency: Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West Electorate: 24,260 (within Permissible Limits) No. Polling Divisions: 59 (ii) Constituency: Port-of-Spain South Electorate: 24,201 (within Permissible Limits) No. Polling Divisions: 64

14 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, D. CONSTITUENCY: SAN FERNANDO WEST ELECTORATE: 23,846; (below Permissible Lower Limit) ORIGINAL NUMBER OF POLLING DIVISIONS: 53 ADJUSTMENTS Two Polling Divisions viz: 4055 and 4060 with respectively, 514 and 227 electors are transferred from San Fernando East having an electorate of 23,501 and 44 Polling Divisions, to San Fernando West. This results in a revised electorate for the latter constituency of 24,587 and 55 Polling Divisions; and for the former an electorate of 22,760 and 42 Polling Divisions. Next, three Polling Divisions viz: 3860, 3872 and 3905 with respectively, 1,225, 63 and 619 equal to a total of 1,907 electors are transferred from the constituency of Oropouche East which has an electorate of 28,702 and 23 Polling Divisions to San Fernando East. This results in an increase of the San Fernando East electorate to 24,667 and the number of its Polling Divisions to 45. Similarly, the electorate of Oropouche East is reduced to 26,795 and its Polling Divisions by 3 to 20. SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF ADJUSTMENTS UNDER D : (i) Constituency: San Fernando East Electorate: 24,667 (within Permissible Limits) No. Polling Divisions: 45 (ii) Constituency: San Fernando West Electorate: 24,587 (within Permissible Limits) No. Polling Divisions: 55 (iii) Constituency: Oropouche East Electorate: 26,795 (within Permissible Limits) No. Polling Divisions: 20 The adjustments effected in the foregoing resulted in a change of configuration in ten (10) constituencies altogether, i.e., the six (6) that fell outside the Permissible Limits as previously defined, viz: Couva North, Diego Martin West, Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West; Port-of-Spain South, San Fernando East, San Fernando West; and, the four (4) whose boundaries were affected by nett transfers of electorate from Polling Divisions within their area to the six (6) constituencies outside the Permissible Limits, in order to make the latter compliant. RECOMMENDATIONS The Commission therefore recommends as follows: (i) No change be made in the boundaries of the following twenty-nine (29) constituencies in Trinidad viz. Arima, Arouca/Maloney, Barataria/San Juan, Caroni Central, Caroni East, Chaguanas East, Chaguanas West, Cumuto/Manzanilla, d Abadie/O Meara, Fyzabad, La Brea, La Horquetta/Talparo, Laventille East/Morvant, Laventille West, Lopinot/Bon Air West, Mayaro, Moruga/Tableland, Naparima, Oropouche West, Pointe-a-Pierre, Point Fortin, Princes Town, Siparia, St. Ann s East, St. Augustine, St. Joseph, Tabaquite, Toco/Sangre Grande and Tunapuna; (ii) No change be made in the configuration of the two (2) constituencies in Tobago, viz: Tobago East and Tobago West; (iii) Alteration of the boundaries of ten (10) constituencies in the electoral area of Trinidad as follows: (a) In Couva North due to transfer of Polling Division 3115 from this constituency to Couva South;

15 1022 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 (b) In Couva South due to transfer of Polling Division 3115 from Couva North; (c) In Diego Martin West due to transfer of Polling Division 0066 from this constituency to Diego Martin Central, and also transfer of Polling Division 0125 from Diego Martin North/East to Diego Martin West; (d) In Diego Martin Central due to transfer of Polling Division 0066 from Diego Martin West; (e) In Diego Martin North/East due to transfer from this constituency of Polling Division 0125 to the Diego Martin West constituency and Polling Divisions 0190 and 0195 to Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West; (f) In Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West due to transfer to this constituency of Polling Division 0190 and 0195 from Diego Martin North/East and in addition, transfer from it of Polling Division 0680 to Port-of-Spain South; (g) In Port-of-Spain South due to transfer to this constituency of Polling Division 0680 from Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West; (h) In San Fernando East due to transfer from this constituency of Polling Divisions 4055 and 4060 to San Fernando West and transfer into it of Polling Divisions 3860, 3872 and 3905 from Oropouche East; (i) In San Fernando West due to a transfer into this constituency of Polling Divisions 4055 and 4060 from San Fernando East; and (j) In Oropouche East due to transfer from this constituency of Polling Divisions 3860, 3872 and 3905 to San Fernando East. (iv) The boundaries of the forty-one (41) constituencies comprising the combined electoral areas of Trinidad and Tobago and including the twenty-nine (29) unchanged constituencies in Trinidad and the two (2) in Tobago, and also the ten (10) constituencies with changes made to their boundaires viz: Couva North, Couva South, Diego Martin West, Diego Martin Central, Diego Martin North/East, Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West, Port-of-Spain South, San Fernando East, San Fernando West and Oropouche East, should be as described in Appendix E; and (v) The distribution of Polling Divisions by constituency should be in accordance with that shown in Appendix F. Dated this 27th day of March, THE ELECTIONS AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION NORBERT MASSON Chairman MARK RAMKERRYSINGH Member LEWIS W. CHARLES Member NOEL KALICHARAN Member

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17 1024 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 APPENDIX A LIST OF REGISTRATION AREAS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND THE NUMBER OF ELECTORS IN EACH SUCH AREA Name of Registration Area No. of Electors as at The City of Port-of-Spain 38,505 The City of San Fernando 50,367 The Borough of Arima 28,140 The Borough of Point Fortin 16,583 The Borough of Chaguanas 64,120 The Regional Municipality of Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo 143,116 The Regional Municipality of Diego Martin 86,864 The Regional Municipality of Mayaro/Rio Claro 28,799 The Regional Municipality of Penal/Debe 74,778 The Regional Municipality of Princes Town 79,413 The Regional Municipality of Sangre Grande 55,033 The Regional Municipality of San Juan/Laventille 135,061 The Regional Municipality of Siparia 70,699 The Regional Municipality of Tunapuna/Piarco 168,984 Tobago 47,319 TOTAL... 1,087,781

18 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, APPENDIX B DATA ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELECTORATE AND INCREASE IN ELECTORATE SINCE 2009 IN EXISTING CONSTITUENCIES IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: TRINIDAD Constituency Electorate Electorate Increase as at as at January 29, January 29, Arima 23,446 25,226 1, Arouca/Maloney 24,314 26,210 1, Barataria/San Juan 25,043 25, Caroni Central 23,572 26,891 3, Caroni East 24,228 27,099 2, Chaguanas East 22,836 24,990 2, Chaguanas West 24,858 27,272 2, Couva North 26,696 29,355 2, Couva South 25,722 27,543 1, Cumuto/Manzanilla 26,345 27,951 1, d Abadie/O Meara 24,806 28,259 3, Diego Martin Central 26,584 28,555 1, Diego Martin North/East 26,759 29,114 2, Diego Martin West 27,362 29,434 2, Fyzabad 25,269 26,855 1, La Brea 23,617 25,045 1, La Horquetta/Talparo 23,268 25,461 2, Laventille East/Morvant 27,115 28, Laventille West 26,186 26, Lopinot/Bon Air West 23,577 26,013 2, Mayaro 25,888 27,558 1, Moruga/Tableland 25,956 27,649 1, Naparima 24,935 26,412 1, Oropouche East 26,469 28,702 2, Oropouche West 22,977 24,254 1, Point Fortin 24,260 25,363 1, Pointe-a-Pierre 22,907 24,391 1, Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West 22,668 23, Port-of-Spain South 23,488 23, Princes Town 24,698 26,187 1, San Fernando East 22,512 23, San Fernando West 23,258 23, Siparia 26,195 27,642 1, St. Ann s East 25,099 28,194 3, St. Augustine 24,944 26,729 1, St. Joseph 25,374 27,022 1, Tabaquite 26,211 27,988 1, Toco/Sangre Grande 26,337 29,310 2, Tunapuna 24,400 26,297 1,897 (Trinidad) Total , ,040, ,283 TOBAGO 40. Tobago East 19,885 21,687 1, Tobago West 22,742 25,632 2,890 (Tobago) Total , , ,692

19 1026 Elections and Boundaires Commission Order, 2015 APPENDIX C DATA ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELECTORATE IN EXISTING CONSTITUENCIES IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TRINIDAD Constituency Electorate Electorate Increase Outside as at as at the January 29, January 29, Band Arima 23,446 25,226 1, Arouca/Maloney 24,314 26,210 1, Barataria/San Juan 25,043 25, Caroni Central 23,572 26,891 3, Caroni East 24,228 27,099 2, Chaguanas East 22,836 24,990 2, Chaguanas West 24,858 27,272 2, Couva North 26,696 29,355+ 2,659 * 9. Couva South 25,722 27,543 1, Cumuto/Manzanilla 26,345 27,951 1, d Abadie/O Meara 24,806 28,259 3, Diego Martin Central 26,584 28,555 1, Diego Martin North/East 26,759 29,114 2, Diego Martin West 27,362 29,434+ 2,072 * 15. Fyzabad 25,269 26,855 1, La Brea 23,617 25,045 1, La Horquetta/Talparo 23,268 25,461 2, Laventille East/Morvant 27,115 28, Laventille West 26,186 26, Lopinot/Bon Air West 23,577 26,013 2, Mayaro 25,888 27,558 1, Moruga/Tableland 25,956 27,649 1, Naparima 24,935 26,412 1, Oropouche East 26,469 28,702 2, Oropouche West 22,977 24,254 1, Point Fortin 24,260 25,363 1, Pointe-a-Pierre 22,907 24,391 1, Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West 22,668 23, * 29. Port-of-Spain South 23,488 23, * 30. Princes Town 24,698 26,187 1, San Fernando East 22,512 23, * 32. San Fernando West 23,258 23, * 33. Siparia 26,195 27,642 1, St. Ann s East 25,099 28,194 3, St. Augustine 24,944 26,729 1, St. Joseph 25,374 27,022 1, Tabaquite 26,211 27,988 1, Toco/Sangre Grande 26,337 29,310 2, Tunapuna 24,400 26,297 1,897 (Trinidad) Total , , ,283 TOBAGO 40. Tobago East 19,885 21,687 1, Tobago West 22,742 25,632 2,890 (Tobago) Total , , ,692 + Constituency above the Permissible Maximum. - Constituency below the Permissible Minimum.

20 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, APPENDIX D NAMES OF CONSTITUENCIES RECOMMENDED FOR TRINIDAD AND THE NUMBER OF ELECTORS PROPOSED FOR EACH CONSTITUENCY Total Electorate ,040,462 Average number of electors per constituency ,679 Maximum and Minimum number of electors respectively, (Max.)... 29,347 permissible in any one constituency in Trinidad in accordance (Min.)... 24,011 with the provisions of Rule 4 of the Second Schedule to the Constitution Name of Constituency No. of Electors ~ Arima ,226 ~ Arouca/Maloney ,210 ~ Barataria/San Juan ,679 ~ Caroni Central ,891 ~ Caroni East ,099 ~ Chaguanas East ,990 ~ Chaguanas West ,272 * Couva North ,829 * Couva South ,069 ~ Cumuto/Manzanilla ,951 ~ d Abadie/O Meara ,259 * Diego Martin Central ,328 * Diego Martin North/East ,693 * Diego Martin West ,244 ~ Fyzabad ,855 ~ La Brea ,045 ~ La Horquetta/Talparo ,461 ~ Laventille East/Morvant ,018 ~ Laventille West ,824 ~ Lopinot/Bon Air West ,013 ~ Mayaro ,558 ~ Moruga/Tableland ,649 ~ Naparima ,412 ~ Oropouche East ,795 ~ Oropouche West ,254 ~ Point Fortin ,363 ~ Pointe-a-Pierre ,391 * Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann s West ,260 * Port-of-Spain South ,201 ~ Princes Town ,187 * San Fernando East ,667 * San Fernando West ,587 ~ Siparia ,642 ~ St. Ann s East ,194 ~ St. Augustine ,729 ~ St. Joseph ,022 ~ Tabaquite ,988 ~ Toco/Sangre Grande ,310 ~ Tunapuna ,297 TOTAL... 1,040,462 * Boundaries of these constituencies have been adjusted to allow for compliance with the Rules. ~ Boundaries of these constituencies remain unchanged.

21 1028 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 APPENDIX D Continued NAMES OF CONSTITUENCIES RECOMMENDED FOR TOBAGO AND THE NUMBER OF ELECTORS PROPOSED FOR EACH CONSTITUENCY Total Electorate ,319 Average number of electors per constituency ,660 Maximum and Minimum number of electors respectively, (Max.)... 26,026 permissible in any one constituency in Tobago in accordance (Min.)... 21,294 with the provisions of Rule 4 of the Second Schedule to the Constitution. Name of Constituency No. of Electors Tobago East ,687 Tobago West ,632 TOTAL... 47,319

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25 1032 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF ARIMA Comprising the following Polling Divisions: 1910, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1980, 1985, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040, 2041, *2082, *2083, *2084, 2086, *2087, *2088, *2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, ELECTORATE 25,226 (In the following boundary descriptions, wherever a boundary line is described as passing along a road, street, avenue, trace or other roadway, the centre line of such road, street, avenue, trace or other roadway is indicated. Wherever ownership of land is indicated by name, it should be interpreted as referring to the current or previous ownership of such land.) NORTH From the point on the sea coast where an imaginary line drawn northwards from the Las Cuevas Trigonometrical Station meets it proceeding in a generally north-easterly direction along the said sea coast to the point on the north-eastern corner of the Regional Municipality of Tunapuna /Piarco. EAST From the last mentioned point proceeding in a generally southerly direction along the eastern boundary of the Regional Municipality of Tunapuna/Piarco as described in the Municipal Corporations (Amendment) Act, 1992 to wit: "by a line commencing from the sea at a point north of the north-eastern corner of lands originally granted to Bascillia Coa and running south along the eastern boundary of the said lands and the eastern boundaries of lands originally granted to Luciana Casadillo, Edward John and Bascillia Romero and thence southwards until it reaches the crest of the ridge of hills forming the eastern watershed of the Madamas River; thence along the eastern and southern watershed of the Madamas River to Aripo Trigonometrical Station No. 86; thence along the western watershed of the Caura River to that spur on which Palmar Trigonometrical Station No. 87 is situate and along the above-mentioned spur to the west bank of the Aripo River; thence in a generally southerly direction along the west bank of the Aripo River to the point where it is crossed by the Eastern Main Road. SOUTH From the last mentioned point proceeding in a generally westerly direction along the Eastern Main Road to Antigua Road; thence in a generally southerly direction along Antigua Road to the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway; thence in a generally westerly and then south-westerly direction along the Churchill- Roosevelt Highway to the point where it crosses the east bank of the Arima River, thence in a generally north-westerly direction along the east bank of the Arima River to the point where it meets an imaginary line drawn eastwards from the eastern end of Bellamy Street; thence in a generally westerly direction along the said imaginary line to the eastern end of Bellamy Street; thence in a generally westerly direction along Bellamy Street to Tumpuna Road; thence in a generally southerly direction along Tumpuna Road to Henri Street; thence in a generally westerly direction along Henri Street to Jean Street; thence in a generally northerly direction along Jean Street to Jean Street Extension; thence in a generally westerly and then southerly direction along Jean Street Extension to Malabar Branch Road; thence in a generally westerly direction along Malabar Branch Road to Gooding Trace; thence in a generally north-westerly direction along Gooding Trace to its junction with Malabar Road where it abuts the Trinidad and Tobago Government Railway Reserve; thence in a generally westerly direction along the Trinidad and Tobago Government Railway Reserve to its junction with Subero Street at the eastern end of the Priority Bus Route; thence in a generally westerly direction along the Priority Bus Route to the point where it crosses the east bank of the Mausica River.

26 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, WEST From the last mentioned point proceeding in a generally northerly direction along the east bank of the Mausica River to the point where it is crossed by the Eastern Main Road; thence north-eastwards along the Eastern Main Road to and along John Shaw Avenue to Industry Street; thence northwards along Industry Street to Rawle Circular; thence north-eastwards along Rawle Circular to Gordon Street; thence in a generally north-easterly direction along Gordon Street to Mausica Street; thence westwards along Mausica Street to and along Arima Old Road to the point where it crosses the east bank of the Mauxiquita Ravine (western boundary of the Borough of Arima); thence in a generally northerly, westerly and again northerly direction along the east bank of the Mauxiquita Ravine to the point where it crosses the southern boundary of lands now or formerly owned by Werner Bruno Carl Hillebrand referred to in No. 1385, Folio 125 of the Real Property Register Book as the Alleulujah Estate comprising (38a. 3r. lp.); thence eastwards along the southern boundary of the said parcel of land to its south-eastern corner at Calvary Branch Trace formerly known as Marine Branch Trace; thence north-westwards along the said Marine Branch Trace to the crest of a ridge of hills; thence northwards along the said ridge of hills to Mausica Trigonometrical Station No. 172 and continuing along the said ridge of hills to the point where it meets a branch ridge a hills running southwards from the main ridge of the Northern Range; thence northwards along the said branch ridge to the point where Cangrejal Trigonometrical Station No. 8 meets a branch ridge running southwards from the main ridge of hills of the Northern Range: thence northwards along the said ridge passing through Trigonometrial Stations El Padre No. 168 and Guacharo No. 170 to the point at the crest of the main ridge of hills on the Northern Range; thence westwards along the said ridge of hills to the point where the ridge passing through Las Cuevas Forest Reserve meets it; thence in a more or less northerly direction along the said ridge to the Las Cuevas Trigonometrical Station and continuing due north along an imaginary line to the sea coast at the point of commencement. The Polling Division numbers against which an asterisk appears were created after the submission of the Year 2009 Report ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF AROUCA/MALONEY Comprising the following Polling Divisions: 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1805, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1825, 1830, 1831, 1832, ELECTORATE 26,210 (In the following boundary descriptions, wherever a boundary line is described as passing along a road, street, avenue, trace or other roadway, the centre line of such road, street, avenue, trace or other roadway is indicated. Wherever ownership of land is indicated by name, it should be interpreted as referring to the current or previous ownership of such land.) NORTH From the junction of Dinsley Road and the Eastern Main Road proceeding in a generally south-easterly direction along the Eastern Main Road to its intersection with the Priority Bus Route at Second Crossing; thence in a generally south-easterly direction along the Priority Bus Route to the point where it crosses the east bank of the Arouca River; thence in a generally northerly direction along the east bank of the Arouca River to the point where it is crossed by the Eastern Main Road; thence in a generally south-easterly direction along the Eastern Main Road to its junction with Piarco Old Road (Red Hill).

27 1034 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, 2015 EAST From the last mentioned point proceeding in a generally southerly direction along Piarco Old Road to Maloney Road; thence in a generally southerly direction along Maloney Road into and along Maloney Road Extension to the point where it crosses the south bank of a paved concrete drain at the northern boundary of the Maloney Housing Development; thence in a generally easterly direction along the northern boundary of the Maloney Housing Development to its north-eastern corner; thence in a generally southerly direction along the eastern boundary of the Maloney Housing Development to the point on the west bank of a paved concrete drain; thence in a generally southerly direction along the west bank of the paved concrete drain at the eastern boundary of the Maloney Housing Development to the point where it is crossed by the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway. SOUTH From the last mentioned point proceeding in a generally north-westerly direction along the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway to its junction with Beaulieu Avenue. WEST From the last mentioned point proceeding in a generally northerly direction along Beaulieu Avenue to Dinsley Avenue; thence in a generally north-westerly direction along Dinsley Avenue to Dinsley Road; thence in a generally northerly direction along Dinsley Road to its junction with the Eastern Main Road at the point of commencement. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF BARATARIA/SAN JUAN Comprising the following Polling Divisions: 1095, 1100, 1105, 1106, 1110, 1120, 1125, 1130, 1320, 1325, 1330, 1335, 1336, 1337, 1340, 1345, 1350, 1355, 1360, 1365, 1370, 1375, 1380, 1385, 1390, 1395, 1400, 1405, 1410, 1411, 1415, 1416, 1420, 1425, 1430, 1431, 1432, 1435, 1436, 1440, ELECTORATE 25,679 (In the following boundary descriptions, wherever a boundary line is described as passing along a road, street, avenue, trace or other roadway, the centre line of such road, street, avenue, trace or other roadway is indicated. Wherever ownership of land is indicated by name, it should be interpreted as referring to the current or previous ownership of such land.) NORTH From the point at Morvant Junction where the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway meets the Eastern Main Road proceeding eastwards along the Eastern Main Road to Fourth Avenue; thence northwards along Fourth Avenue to First Street; thence eastwards along First Street to Prizgar Road; thence northwards and eastwards along Prizgar Road to Mission Road; thence northwards along Mission Road to Mission Road Extension; thence westwards along Mission Road Extension to its western end; thence proceeding by an imaginary line due west to the east bank of Nicholasville Ravine at the eastern boundary of lands of Aranguez Estate; thence in a generally northerly direction along the east bank of the said ravine at the eastern boundary of Aranguez Estate to the point where it meets the east bank of Shende Street Ravine; thence in a generally northeasterly direction along the east bank of Shende Street Ravine to Shende Street; thence westwards along Shende Street to the point where it meets Bagatelle Extension Trace passing between Lots Nos. 18 and 20 Shende Street; thence in a generally northerly and then north-easterly direction along Bagatelle Extension Trace to Bagatelle Road where Bagatelle Road turns north; thence in a generally north-easterly direction along Bagatelle Road to Saddle Road; thence in a generally southerly direction along Saddle Road to the point at its junction with the Eastern Main Road and El Socorro Road (the Croisee); thence eastwards along the Eastern Main Road to the point where it meets Aranguez Road.

28 Elections and Boundaries Commission Order, EAST From the last mentioned point proceeding south-eastwards along Aranguez Road to Boundary Road; thence southwards along Boundary Road to Boundary Road Extension (north); thence first eastwards and then southwards along Boundary Road Extension (north) across the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway to Boundary Road Extension (south); thence southwards along Boundary Road Extension (south) to the west bank of the Aranguez Canal; thence in a generally southerly direction along the west bank of the Aranguez Canal to the point where the Aranguez Canal empties into the Caroni River. SOUTH From the last mentioned point proceeding in a westerly direction along the bank of the Caroni River to the point at its confluence with Malick River. WEST From the last mentioned point proceeding in a generally northerly direction along Malick River to the point where it is crossed by the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway; thence northwards along the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway to the point at its junction with the Eastern Main Road at the Morvant Junction at the point of commencement. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF CARONI CENTRAL Comprising the following Polling Divisions: 2790, 2795, 2796, 2835, 2840, 2841, *2842, *2843, *2844, 2845, *2846, *2847, *2848, *2849, 2900, 3001, 3005, 3006, 3010, 3015, 3020, 3035, 3040, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3060, 3065, 3070, ELECTORATE 26,891 (In the following boundary descriptions, wherever a boundary line is described as passing along a road, street, avenue, trace or other roadway, the centre line of such road, street, avenue, trace or other roadway is indicated. Wherever ownership of land is indicated by name, it should be interpreted as referring to the current or previous ownership of such land.) NORTH From the point where the north-bound carriageway of the Solomon Hochoy Highway crosses the Southern Main Road at the Chaguanas Flyover proceeding in a generally easterly direction along the Southern Main Road to Caparo Valley-Brasso Road; thence in a generally easterly direction along Caparo Valley-Brasso Road to its junction with Longdenville Local Road. EAST From the last mentioned point proceeding in a generally south-easterly direction along Caparo Valley-Brasso Road to the Caparo River Road: thence eastwards along Caparo River Road to its junction with the Trinidad Government Railway Reserve formerly known as the Tabaquite Line; thence southwards along the said Railway Reserve to Mamoral Road; thence south-westwards along the said road to the point where it meets Brasso-Caparo Station Road. SOUTH From the last mentioned point proceeding in a generally south-westerly direction along Brasso-Caparo Station Road to Couva Road; thence in a westerly direction along Couva Road to Mayo Road; thence in a generally southwesterly direction along Mayo Road to Indian Trail Road; thence in a generally north-westerly direction along Indian Trail Road to Rivulet Road; thence westwards along Rivulet Road to the point where it is crossed by the north-bound carriageway of the Solomon Hochoy Highway. WEST From the last mentioned point proceeding in a generally northerly direction along the north-bound carriageway of the Solomon Hochoy Highway to the point where it crosses the Southern Main Road at the Chaguanas Flyover at the point of commencement. The Polling Division numbers against which an asterisk appears were created after the submission of the Year 2009 Report