Deputy Premier.

Mr. Dill, a law partner at Appleby, Spurling & Kempe, was the only MP nominated for the position by the deadline of midnight on Tuesday, United Bermuda Party chairman Mr. Gary Pitman confirmed yesterday.

It is expected Mr. Dill will still deliver a short speech to the UBP caucus today and be available to answer questions. But with only one candidate, a secret ballot election that was planned for tomorrow will be dropped, Mr.

Pitman said.

Mr. Dill, 35, was named Minister or Education and Human Affairs by Premier the Hon. David Saul on Tuesday.

First elected to the House of Assembly in Pembroke West Central in 1993, Mr.

Dill was soon named Minister of Human Affairs and Information. He served in the Senate from May of 1992 until he was elected to Parliament.

He joned AS&K as a commercial litigation attorney in 1986 and became a partner in 1991.

A former deputy chairman of the UBP, he has also served on the Human Rights Commission and the Road Safety Council and has been active in the Chamber of Commerce.

The Deputy Premier, which is not provided for in Bermuda's Constitution, is effectively the MP at the right hand of the Premier, and is normally the first MP in line to act for the Premier when he travels abroad.