Premier Craig CannonierA 49-year-old businessman raised in St David’s, Craig Cannonier studied at Towson State University in Baltimore, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial psychology in 1986.After returning to Bermuda, he worked with the MarketPlace Group and later became the general manager of People’s Pharmacy. He now operates Esso City Tigermarket, Collector’s Hill Esso and Warwick Esso.Although related to political figures on both sides of the fence — the late Progressive Labour Party MP Larry Lowe and former United Bermuda Party Jim Woolridge — Mr Cannonier only entered politics in late 2009.He ignored the Island’s two main parties, and instead joined the fledging Bermuda Democratic Alliance.Months later Mr Cannonier defeated Myron Piper and was made leader of the BDA. He held that position until the party merged with UBP members to form the One Bermuda Alliance.Soon after the merger, Mr Cannonier defeated Bob Richards for the new party’s leadership position. He then defeated the PLP’s Anthony Richardson in a by-election in Devonshire South Central to earn a seat as an MP.In the general election this week, he again defeated Mr Richardson, winning more than 82 percent of the vote.Bob Richards, Minister of FinanceBob Richards graduated from the Berkeley Institute before earning a BA in economics from Waterloo Lutheran University and a Bachelor of Commerce and MBA from the University of Windsor.After working with two banks in Toronto, Mr Richards returned to Bermuda where he worked at the Bermuda National Bank before joining the Bermuda Monetary Authority in 1978.In 1983, he became Investment Manager for Shell Trust Bermuda Ltd, and four years later he founded Bermuda Asset Management Ltd, the first independent investment company in Bermuda.Mr Richards was first appointed to the Senate in 1997, where he served as Government Leader and Minister of Telecommunications. He later returned to senate in 2004.In the 2007 general election, Mr Richards was elected a Member of Parliament, where he took the mantle of Shadow Finance Minister.He has also served on the Bermuda Hospitals Board, the Bermuda Monetary Authority, the Public Funds Investment Committee, the Bermuda Association of Securities Dealers and the Economic Council.In this week’s election, Mr Richards successfully defended his Devonshire East seat against the PLP’s Neville Tyrrell, winning 460 votes to Mr Tyrrell’s 340.Patricia Gordon Pamplin, Minister of Health and Seniors.The daughter of a Minister of Colonial Parliament, Patricia Gordon Pamplin studied at the City of London Polytechnic, becoming a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants in 1979.Angered by gender inequality on the Island, Ms Pamplin founded the Alliance for the Protection of Rights of Bermudian women and in 1993 ran as an independent candidate, despite being a member of the reigning UBP.She was appointed to the Senate in 1998, and won a parliamentary seat the following year. Since then, she has successfully defended her seat in three elections.Between 2006 and 2007, Ms Pamplin served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition UBP before becoming the party’s acting leader while a replacement was found by the membership.In the 13 years that Ms Pamplin has been a Member of Parliament, she has acted as Shadow Minister for Youth, Sport and Recreation, Labour and Home Affairs, Finance and Public Works.She also served on the Public Accounts Committee and the Audit Committee for the House of Assembly.In this week’s general election, she defeated PLP’s Darius Tucker by winning 676 votes — more than three times the number won by Mr Tucker.Grant Gibbons, –Minister for Economic –DevelopmentGrant Gibbons, 60, returned to Bermuda in 1987 after spending much of his early adulthood abroad. By then he had received degrees from Brown University, Oxford University and Harvard University where he received PhD in organic chemistry, and worked for pharmaceutical giant Squibb Corporation, now Bristol-Myers Squibb.In Bermuda he joined the family business, Gibbons Company and held various directorships. He is currently the deputy chairman of Colonial Insurance Group of Companies and serves on the board of directors of a number of local companies.In politics, Dr Gibbons has served as United Bermuda Party campaign chairman (1993 elections), was appointed as a Senator and Minister of Management and Technology in 1994 and first entered parliament in a July 1994 Paget East by-election.A year later Dr Gibbons was appointed Minister of Finance, a position he held until the November 1998 general election which saw the UBP lose power. But Dr Gibbons remained in parliament serving as Shadow Finance Minister and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee until 2006. He also served as UBP leader from 2001 until 2006.In May 2011, Dr Gibbons was among seven UBP MPs who quit the party to help form the One Bermuda Alliance. As an OBA MP he served as Shadow Minister of Education.Dr. Gibbons and his wife, Kathryn, married in 1983. They have two children: Graham, born in 1986, and Andrew, born in 1987.Shawn Crockwell, –Minister for Tourism –Development and TransportMr Crockwell, an Attorney at Mello Jones and Martin, was elected as a United Bermuda Party MP for Pembroke West in 2007.He was Called to the Bar in 2009 by the same judge who jailed him for stealing $600,000 worth of drugs 13 years earlier.In February 1996, he was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for stealing drug exhibits from the court safe when working as a Supreme Court clerk.He completed his legal education and rebuilt his life and “worked hard to rehabilitate and restore his character,” according to Chief Justice Richard Ground.The culmination of that was his election as a Member of Parliament.He and Mark Pettingill left the UBP in 2009 to form the Bermuda Democratic Alliance, before rejoining former colleagues to launch the One Bermuda Alliance last year.He served in the Shadow Cabinet as the representative for Business Development and Tourism.Mark Pettingill, –Minister for Legal Affairs and Attorney GeneralMr Pettingill is a well-known lawyer, having worked as a Crown counsel, Defence Attorney and Acting Magistrate since being Called to the Bar in 1991.Raised on Ord Road in Paget, he attended Gilbert Institute and Warwick Academy before studying in Canada and England.He became a Senator in 1999, and served in the Upper House until 2002.He was defeated when he stood as a UBP candidate in the 2003 election, but won Warwick West in 2007.He and Shawn Crockwell left the UBP in 2009 to form the Bermuda Democratic Alliance before rejoining some of their former colleagues to launch the One Bermuda Alliance last year.Mr Pettingill is a father-of-three, married to Erin, and works as Head of Chambers at Charter Bermuda.Wayne Scott, –Minister of Community and Cultural DevelopmentIT and telecommunications professional Wayne Scott has a bachelor of science degree in computer science and a master’s degree in finance and management.He is an avid cyclist and has represented Bermuda at the national level in international competitions in China, Switzerland, Guernsey, Greece and throughout the CaribbeanHe ran for Parliament in the 2007 general election under the United Bermuda Party banner but was unsuccessful.Mr Scott has two grown children and works as general manager of DHL Bermuda.Sylvan Richards, –Minister of Environment –and PlanningCasualty underwriter, Sylvan Richards was once a supporter of the Progressive Labour Party but decided to get involved with the One Bermuda Alliance when that party was formed in 2009. He unsuccessfully contested the Warwick South Central by-election in December of that year under the BDA banner. At this week’s by-election he win the Hamilton South seat in parliament in Monday’s general election.Michael Dunkley, –Minister of Public SafetyMichael Dunkley went to George Washington University and the University of Richmond in the United States, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Scholar Athlete Award.He returned to Bermuda to run the family business — Dunkley’s Dairy but has also been involved in public service for most of his working life.An active sportsman, Michael is immediate past President of The Mid-Ocean Club and a member of the Bermuda Athletic Association, the Bermuda Squash Racquets Association and Coral Beach Club. In his spare time, he’s a golfer and keep fit enthusiast. In his younger days, he played first-division cricket and soccer.He has held several shadow ministerial portfolios in his Parliamentary career as both an MP and a Senator, and is married with two childrenTrevor Moniz, –Minister of Public WorksSmith’s West MP Trevor Moniz, a lawyer, spent many years on the United Bermuda Party benches of the House of Assembly before joining the One Bermuda Alliance in 2011.He was intimately involved in the only three successful private members’ bills since party politics began in 1968. He moved the amendment that permitted Dr. John Stubbs’ 1994 Criminal Code Amendment Bill to pass, decriminalising homosexual behaviour, and was a drafter and promoter with four other MPs of the Prohibited Restaurants Act 1997, outlawing fast food franchises. Trevor also drafted and moved the Charities Amendment Act 1998, which opened the accounts of registered charities to public inspection.Mr Moniz spearheaded the establishment of a Members’ Register of Interests, and campaigned against independence for Bermuda during the 1995 referendum.He was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1993 and has four childrenSenator Michael Fahy, –Minister of Home AffairsAn attorney, Notary Public, Justice of the Peace and Accredited mediator, Michael Fahy currently serves as a Senior Vice President and Bermuda Legal Counsel for a large captive management company.Sen Fahy studied at McMaster University in Ontario, earning a Bachelor of Arts, before going to the College of Law in Guildford to earn his Post Graduate Diploma in Law.Appointed to Senate for the UBP in 2008, Sen Fahy served as Shadow Minister for Transport, Energy and Telecommunications until 2009 and was a Commissioner on the Commission for Unity and Racial Equality in 2008.He left the UBP and his senate seat to serve as chairman of the Bermuda Democratic Alliance (BDA), but returned to the senate when the BDA merged with UBP members to form the OBA.He has sat on various Bermuda Bar Association sub committees and organised the Hector Barcilon Memorial Moot for law students for six years, which gives aspiring advocates a chance to hone their skills before members of the local judiciary.He is also a married father of three.Leah Scott, –Minister without PortfolioBorn to a US Air Force pilot stationed in Bermuda, Leah Scott has lived in both the US and Bermuda. She studied at Morgan State University, earning a Bachelor of Science there before going to the College of Law of England and Wales.She earned her Legal Practicing Certificate in 2004, and was called to the Bermuda Bar the following year.She has since served as Director of PRIDE, has acted as a mentor for Youth Net, and has serves as secretary for both the Bermuda Bicycle Association and the Bermuda Triathlon Association.Along with working as a corporate secretary and legal counsel for Harbour International Trust Ltd, Ms Scott is a director and secretary of the Sunshine League.She also sits on the Executive of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and is the Bermuda representative of the STEP Caribbean Conference Planning Committee.While new to the world of politics, Ms Scott soundly defeated the PLP’s Stephen Todd in Southampton East Central, winning 559 votes to Mr Todd’s 363.The seat has traditionally been seen as a marginal, but boundary changes were believed to have favoured the OBA in the constituency.