Trevor Walker

Trevor Myke Walker is a Barbudan politician and former Cabinet Minister under the Baldwin Spencer administration.

The Honourable

Trevor Myke Walker
Member of the Antigua and Barbuda Parliament
for Barbuda
Assumed office
21 March 2018
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor GeneralRodney Williams
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, responsible for Barbuda Affairs
In office
26 April 2004 – 31 December 2006
Barbuda Council Vice Chairperson
Assumed office
2019
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, responsible for Public Utilities, Energy, and Barbuda Affairs
In office
1 April 2007 – 15 March 2009
Minister of Works and Transport
In office
16 March 2009 – 12 June 2014
Personal details
BornBarbuda
Political partyBarbuda People's Movement

Early life

Walker was educated at the Holy Trinity School in Barbuda, that was destroyed in the 2017 Hurricane Irma, but reopened in 2019.

Politcal career

Trevor Walker is the leader of the Barbuda People's Movement,[1] and the vice chairman of the Barbuda Council[2]

Trevor Walker was elected a member of the Barbuda Council in 2001, and in 2004, he ran for the Barbuda seat in the Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives, and tied, but after a recount, won the election. He also won the 2009 and 2018 elections, and was defeated by the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party in 2014.

In 2020, Prime Minister Gaston Browne threatened him with imprisonment, for not following the central government's laws, and in a parliament session, Trevor Walker said that Gaston Browne did not have the power to arrest him.

Hurricane Irma

After Hurricane Irma, in order to rebuild the economy, the Governor-General and the Prime Minister tried to privatize Barbuda's land, due to multiple construction projects being denied by the Barbuda Council.

Barbuda Land Act

A priority of Trevor Walker is to secure Barbudan people's land rights, even under the pressure of government to privatize the land.

References
  1. "Barbuda People's Movement (BPM)". barbudaful.net.
  2. "Trevor Walker MP". barbudaful.net.
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