St. Peter’s Colin Jordan clinches victory

First-time candidate for the BLP and the constituency of St. Peter Colin Jordan was elected to represent his constituency by the people of St. Peter and avid supporters in the early hours of this morning. This occurred much later than expected due to unforseen circumstances which saw a delay in one of the ballot boxes reaching its final destination.

The Returning Officer Roger Small made the winner’s declaration and a delighted Colin, who understandably was overjoyed but remained as he later stated, “cool, calm and collected” enough to thank his wife, family and people of St. Peter for all that they had done in assisting him in his pursuit of victory.

Much like the fanfare that surrounded him during the nomination process, his followers danced, cheered and congratulated him with glee, creating an unforgettably joyous and at times humorous atmosphere in the auditorium of the Coleridge and
Parry Primary School in St. Peter.

Jordan himself a product of St. Peter and a resident of Rose Hill will be following along the path of former Prime Minister Owen Arthur, who previously also represented the Parish of St. Peter and who was also leader of the BLP from 2010 – 2013.

Jordan won by an admirable amount of votes after his party’s landslide victory was already established. In fact, his votes were still being counted when former Prime Minister Freundel Stuart spoke with the media, followed shortly afterwards by the first words of Barbados’ new Prime Minister-elect Mia Amor Mottley.

The final tally saw Jordan win 4632 of the 5692 votes, with the DLP’s Dave Cumberbatch coming nowhere close with only 911 votes and Barbados Integrity movement’s Lynroy Scantlebury trailing even further behind with a paltry 139 votes. There were ten rejected ballots.

In terms of the victory Jordan said he was “very, very thankful” firstly to his family and then to the people of St. Peter; crediting his confidence as being instilled in him by his team, from his parents and his late sister.

He stated that his pledge was to serve them to the “best of his ability”.

When speaking with the media in reference to the overwhelming majority of votes secured by the BLP he showed concern that the situation would “present challenges” especially since all the seats in parliament would belong to the BLP with no opposition party present, but he was eager to clarify that everybody’s views would still be heard, repected, and taken into consideration.

His confidence in Mia is abundantly clear, and he assured those present that she is a “communicator” and somebody who loves to talk and speaks to the people, engaging with them and proving that democracy is alive and well in Barbados and that he believes “we have come along way” and can move forward as a country with our new found maturity and without an official opposition.