Chartered accountant Terry Lister is the ruling party's choice for District 33. Mr. Lister first entered Parliament with the Progressive Labour Party's (PLP) first victory at the polls.

Prior to that he served as a Senator for five years.

He has held two ministerial portfolios and his major accomplishments has been to steer through then controversial CURE laws which mandated annual reporting of the racial composition of Bermuda workplaces, consumer protection laws and overseeing Bermuda's participation at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington D.C.

As Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister he has implemented stricter work permit control policies and amended laws dealing with Regiment recruitment.

“Whenever one puts oneself forward as a candidate for a general election, you expose yourself to some praise, some success, but mainly a lot of criticism,” he said when his candidacy was formally announced.

“You have to be willing to do that because you believe. And in our case we believe in the platforms, the programmes and the policies of the Progressive Labour Party.”

He added that the PLP wasn't asking for a “chance” to serve again. “I'd rather use the word ‘opportunity'. The country is too important to take chances with. You have to trust it into the hands of people who can do the job and I believe we've done the job over the last five years.”

Married with three daughters and a son, Mr. Lister serves as an elder of the White Hill Gospel Church.

He was educated locally at Southampton Glebe Primary and the Berkeley Institute before going to Canada for tertiary education.

Attempts to contact UBPlikely candidate Ted Gauntlet yesterday were unsuccessful