Saba Island Council

The legislative body of the Public Entity Saba is called the Island Council. The Island Council consists of five members and elections take place every four years. The Island Council appoints and supervises the Commissioners in the Executive Council. The Island Council is chaired by the Island Governor.[1]

Saba Island Council
Leadership
Chairman	Jonathan Johnson since July 2, 2008
Structure
Seats	5
Political groups	WIPM (5)
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Wet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba
Elections
Last election	March 20, 2019
Next election	2023
Meeting place
Government Building The Bottom, Saba
Website
www.sabagov.nl

Composition

Current members

Currently there is only one political party represented in the Island Council: The Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) holds all five seats.

Portrait	Member	Party	First Took Office
	Carl Buncamper	Windward Islands People's Movement	2007[2]
	Eviton Heyliger	Windward Islands People's Movement	2011[3]
	Vito Charles	Windward Islands People's Movement	2016[4]
	Hemmie van Xanten	Windward Islands People's Movement	2019
	Esmeralda Johnson	Windward Islands People's Movement	2019

Former Members

Starting in 1951, five Island Council members were elected at large. Members of the council, from 1951 to the present, are:[5][6]

Year	Island Council Members
1951	John Herman Hassell	David Lionel Henry Donker[7]	Lamber Hassell	John Esmond Mathew Levenstone[8]	Kenneth Peterson[9]
					Cornelia Rosina Jones[10]
1955	John Arthur Anslyn[11][12][13]		John William Johnson		Eugenius Achilas Johnson[13]
1959		Samuel Wilson Jr.	Richard Dudley Johnson		Eric Milton Johnson
1963		Peter Leicester Granger[14][13]	Henry Earl Johnson[15]		Maximilaan Willem Nicholson[16][13][7]
1967			John Godfrey Woods[17][13]	Eugenius Achilas Johnson
				Calvin Holm
1971	John Esmond Mathew Levenstone[8]
1975[18]	William Stanley Johnson		Eddison Melvyn Peterson		Ishmael Mathew Amael Levenston[18]
1979			Ray Hassell	Christian Richard Alexander Sorton[19]	David Mac Clean Johnson
1983[20]			Vernon Raphael Hassell[21]	Ishmael Mathew Amael Levenston	Hugo Levenstone[22]
1987				Ramon Adolphus Hassell	Elmer Wycliffe Linzey[23][24]
1991		Steve Hassell	Roy Smith	George Leonard Hassell
				Calvin Holm
1995	Ramon Adolphus Hassell			Christina ten Brink-Charles	Ray Hassell
1999[25]	William Stanley Johnson	Lisa Hassell	Eric Adrel Linzey	Ishmael Mathew Amael Levenston
2003[26]			Rolando Ricardo Wilson	Steve Hassell	Lucia Woods
2007[2]	Chris Johnson	Bruce Zagers		Carl Buncamper	Akilah Levenstone
2011[3]	Ishmael Mathew Amael Levenston	Shamara Nicholson-Linzey			Eviton Heyliger
2015[27]		Monique Wilson
			Vito Charles[4]
2019[28]	Hemmie van Xanten	Esmeralda Johnson

See also

• Municipality of the Netherlands
• Island council (Netherlands)
• Island council (Netherlands Antilles)

References

1. "Island Council Functions". The Official Website of the Island Government of Saba.
2. "Saba Island Council has "big shoes to fill"" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 3 July 2007. p. 11.
3. "Saba Island Council Members sworn in" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 11 March 2011. pp. 1, 13.
4. "Wilson new Saba Commissioner, Charles Island Council Member". Saba News. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016.
5. Johnson, Will (2006). Dreaming Big. Alkmaar: Falstaff Media. pp. 161–184. ISBN 90-77751-32-7.
6. "Slechts een keer was vrouw lid van raad Eilandsraad Saba veertig jaar". Amigoe (in Dutch). 6 July 1987. p. 9.
7. Johnson, Will (7 February 2009). "David Lionel Henry Donker" (PDF). The Daily Herald: Weekender. p. 12.
8. Johnson, Will (1 October 2011). "Captain John Esmond Mathew Levenston" (PDF). The Daily Herald: Weekender. p. 6.
9. "Kenneth Peterson's funeral Wednesday" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 4 September 2007. p. 10.
10. Johnson, Will (15 August 2009). "Miss Cornelia Jones, First woman Member of the Island Council" (PDF). The Daily Herald: Weekender. p. 15.
11. Johnson, Will (29 September 2007). "The Anslijn Brothers (Part 1)" (PDF). The Daily Herald: Weekender. p. 7.
12. Johnson, Will (6 October 2007). "The Anslijn Brothers (Part 2 and last)" (PDF). The Daily Herald: Weekender. p. 7.
13. "Saba's Youngest Ruler". Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. 24 (12): 118. October 1969. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
14. Levenstone, Dave. "Peter Granger passes away on Saba". sxmislandtime.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
15. Johnson, Will (14 April 2018). "In Memory Of Henry Earl Johnson". The Saba Islander.
16. "Max Nicholson of Saba passes away Christmas night on Sxm". sxmislandtime.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
17. Johnson, Will (13 June 2009). "Commissioner/Acting Administrator John Godfrey Woods" (PDF). The Daily Herald: Weekender. p. 4.
18. "Nederlaag voor DP op Saba volledig". Amigoe di Curacao (in Dutch). 10 May 1975. p. 4.
19. "'Kaiser' Sorton dies at 89". The Daily Herald. 15 November 2004. p. 6.
20. "WIPM op Saba verliest 1 zetel Onbedreigde winnaar DP op Sint Maarten". Amigoe (in Dutch). 7 May 1983. p. 8.
21. Johnson, Will (21 August 2014). "Vernon Hassell, A Saba Pioneer". The Saba Islander.
22. "Former member of Saba's Island Council passes away". sxmislandtime.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
23. Johnson, Will. "My friend Elmer Linzey" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
24. "Elmer W. Linzey dies at age 73" (PDF). The Daily Herald. January 4, 2007. p. 10. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
25. "New Island Council wants fees for work permits". The Daily Herald. 3 July 1999. p. 5.
26. "Swearing-in ceremony in Saba well attended". The Daily Herald. 3 July 2003. p. 4.
27. "WIPM government to focus on constitutional evaluation". The Daily Herald. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
28. "New Saba Island Council, Commissioners sworn in". The Daily Herald. 29 March 2019.