Parliament of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Parliament of the Turks and Caicos Islands is the legislature of the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The name of the house was changed from the Legislative Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands to House of Assembly of the Turks and Caicos Islands following the implementation of the new constitution on 9 August 2006. The current name was adopted on 10 December 2024.
In August 2009, the United Kingdom suspended the Turks and Caicos' self-government after allegations of ministerial corruption. The prerogative of the ministerial government and the House of Assembly were vested in the islands' governor until a general election was held in November 2012.
Composition
The Parliament has 21 members in total. Formerly, 15 members were elected for a four-year term in single-seat constituencies, while 3 members sat ex officio, 3 were appointed members and a speaker was chosen from outside the house.Although the number of elected representatives to the body was not changed during the 2009-12 suspension of self-government, the composition was changed so that ten of the 15 elected representatives are elected to individual districts, while five are now elected at-large.
Starting with the 2025 elections, the composition of the newly renamed Parliament was changed so that the four formerly appointed members were also elected at-large, thus increasing the at-large constituency to nine members.