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11-538: Dennery District is one of 10 districts (formerly Quarters) of the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia . The seat of Dennery District is the Dennery Village. The main economic activities are fishing , and the cultivation of lima beans , bananas , and other tropical fruit . The population of the quarter was estimated at 12,876 in 2002 and fell to 12,767 in 2010. Dennery District (formerly Quarter)

22-606: Is offshore a few kilometers to the south of the town. Other locations in the Dennery District: The Dennery village hosts an event every Saturday from 4:00pm to 2:00am known as the Dennery Fish Fiesta where tourists and locals to sample various local cuisine based primarily on seafood especially fish. During the Lenten season the activity is closed. Fresh seafood, bakes, rum punch and Piton

33-568: Is served from stalls. There is a live DJ, also. The seat of the Dennery District is the town of Dennery. The Dennery District is divided into two electoral constituencies represented in the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia .The electoral constituencies has been represented since July 2021 by Shawn A. Edward (Dennery North) and Paul Prospere (Dennery South) as Parliamentary Representatives. The district elected their representatives during

44-581: Is the lower house of the Parliament of Saint Lucia , elected by popular vote. The upper house is the Senate . It has 17 or 18 members: 17 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies , and a speaker elected by the 17 members, who may be one of their number or a person chosen from outside the House. To be elected to the house, a person must be at least 21 years old. House of Assembly

55-423: The coastal bay within its territory that was named the same as the quarter. Breen further talks about stipendiary magistrates introduced during the period of the apprenticeship system. These magistrates were as follows: Still later the number of stipendiary magistrates was increased to five: The magistrates did not survive. However, the quarters or parishes did survive, as such, with some mergers and changes in

66-765: The countries recent general election . Districts of Saint Lucia The island nation of Saint Lucia is divided into 10 districts (formerly called Quarters). The name Quarters or Quartiers originally came from the French period in Saint Lucia (Sainte Lucie in French). The 2001 and 2010 Census of Saint Lucia refers to the first level administrative divisions as districts . The FIPS and ISO standards regularly called these divisions quarters or quartiers in French. The former district of Dauphin Quarter

77-605: The names. Since the 2001 Census of Saint Lucia there have been 10 districts in Saint Lucia. Saint Lucia electoral boundaries are based, generally, on the districts. There are 17 constituencies in Saint Lucia that are represented in the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia . A study was done in 2014 to look into variations in census and boundaries and possible expansion of the number of constituencies. Additional bibliographic references: House of Assembly of Saint Lucia HM Loyal Opposition The House of Assembly

88-529: Was divided into two districts, the eastern district on the leeward side of Saint Lucia facing the Atlantic Ocean and the western district on the windward side facing the Caribbean Sea . It was further divided into eleven quarters or parishes, i.e. Castries, Anse Laraye, Soufriere, Choiseul, Laborie, Vieux Fort, Micoud, Praslin, Dennery, Dauphin, and Gros-ilet. Each quarter or parish had a town in

99-414: Was established in 1967 when associated statehood was attained. It replaced the legislative council . Section 60 of the constitution of Saint Lucia requires the prime minister of Saint Lucia to be a member of the House of Assembly. It provides for the governor-general to "appoint a member of the House who appears to him likely to command the support of the majority of the members of the House" and for

110-492: Was merged into Gros Islet District and the former district of Praslin Quarter was merged into Micoud District . After the French claimed title of Saint Lucia in 1744, commandant de Rougueville divided Saint Lucia into districts and parishes. Quarters were administrative districts for the control of settlors and slaves. The French Surveyor General of Saint Lucia, M. Raussaim, initially divided Saint Lucia into seven quarters. In 1844, Henry Breen describes how Saint Lucia

121-693: Was previously known as Anse Canot (Bay of canoes) and Le Grand Mabouya. It was then named after Count d'Ennery , an author who wrote about Saint Lucia in 1765 and 1767 and later became Governor-General of the Windward Islands from 1766 to 1770. The Dennery District is divided into 49 second-order administrative divisions. Much of Dennery District is in Mabouya Valley which is made up of Derniere Riviere, Aux Lyon, Despinoze, Gadette, Grand Riviere, Grand Ravine, La Ressource, Richfond and other surrounding areas; and Frigate Island Nature Reserve

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