tomorrow to fill a Government vacancy in the Senate.

While the Premier has kept the name of his choice very quiet, indications are that the new United Bermuda Party Senator will be a woman.

Lawyer and former Senator Mrs. Lynda Milligan-Whyte and Employee Assistance Programme representative Mrs. Sandra Bain are among those mentioned as under consideration for the post.

Bank of Bermuda head of investment management Mrs. Jeanne Atherden and Johnson & Higgins (Bermuda) Ltd. executive Mrs. Cathy Lord have also been mentioned as potential Senate appointees.

Ms Keetha Lowe, who was a UBP candidate in Pembroke East in the last general election, is given an outside chance of following the footsteps of the Hon.

Pamela Gordon. Ms Gordon, now Minister of Youth and Sport representing Southampton West in the House of Assembly, also ran in the Progressive Labour Party stronghold of Pembroke East before she was named to the Senate.

A vacancy was created in the 11-seat Senate when the Hon. Grant Gibbons resigned his Government seat to successfully contest the Paget East by-election that was forced by the death of UBP veteran the Hon. John Stubbs.

The naming of a new Senator was on the back burner for much of the summer, but an appointment must be made before Parliament resumes on November 4.

In naming a woman to the Senate, the Premier's task was complicated because many prominent women in the UBP already have a lot on their plates.

In addition to her law practice, Mrs. Milligan-Whyte sits on Government's audit committee and is a deputy chairman of the UBP. As well as her work at the EAP, Mrs. Bain is on the board of governors of Bermuda College and is deputy chairman of the National Drug Commission in an initiative that is just under way.

Mrs. Lord has a lower profile in the UBP but sits on the Immigration Board and is also on a busy schedule. It is understood that she cited time constraints in declining an invitation to run for the UBP in the October general election.

Mrs. Atherden is on the public works board, Government's sports awards committee, and a treatment funding task force.