PLP announces Emily Gail Dill for Sandys North
A government senator and Junior Minister of National Security and Transport was declared the candidate for the Progressive Labour Party in the by-election set for October 4 in Sandys North.
The Reverend Emily Gail Dill, who was appointed to the Senate in 2022, aims to hold the traditionally PLP seat of Constituency 36, which was vacated this month by the resignation from politics of government MP Kathy Lynn Simmons.
David Burt, the Premier, announced the move this afternoon at party headquarters on Court Street.
It follows the One Bermuda Alliance unveiling former police officer Carl Neblett as its candidate, while Lieutenant Cire Bean, a Royal Bermuda Regiment officer, has thrown his hat in the ring as an independent contender.
The island’s third political party, the Free Democratic Movement, has not yet indicated whether it will field a candidate.
Sandys North was won by Ms Simmons in the 2020 General Election by almost 250 votes.
The retired attorney-general polled 431 votes, with Marc Bean, a former leader of the PLP and FDM founder, secured 185, and OBA candidate Jeff Sousa garnered 114.
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