The 2025 General Election will be a three-way race between the incumbent Robert King [OBA], Lindsay Simmons [PLP], and Sir John Swan [Independent], which will be a rematch of the by-election held in 2024.
Since the one seat system started in 2003, the OBA have won it three times and the PLP has won it twice in general elections, and the OBA has also won a by-election. In the 2020 General Election, the seat was won by the OBA’s Michael Dunkley, who is also a former Premier, however he resigned in 2024 which triggered a by-election, which saw former Premier Sir John Swan reenter politics, standing as an independent. The by-election was won by the OBA’s Robert King who got 209 votes [36.41%], Sir John Swan got 184 votes [32.06%] and the PLP’s Lindsay Simmons got 181 votes [31.53%].
In the 2020 General Election, this was the sole seat in which the OBA significantly increased their vote share, with Michael Dunkley’s winning percentage increasing by around 8%.
- 2020 Winner – Michael Dunkley [OBA]
- PLP’s 2020 Candidate – Dr Ernest Peets
- OBA’s 2020 Candidate – Michael Dunkley
- FDM’s 2020 Candidate – No FDM candidate
The Constituency Boundaries Report [PDF] states: “Constituency #10 Smith’s North shall be all that land contained within a line drawn from the junction of Loyal Hill Road and North Shore Road; thence North-West to a point on the coastline; thence North-East along the coastline and following the coastline to the junction of North Shore Road with Flatts Bridge; thence across Flatts Bridge; thence following the coastline of Flatts Inlet and the north shore to a point on the coastline West of the junction of Commonland Point Road and North Shore Road; thence East along the centreline of Commonland Point Road to a point on the coastline of Harrington Sound; thence South along the coastline of Harrington Sound across Flatts Bridge to a point on the coastline at the junction of Flatts Bridge and North Shore Road; thence South-East along the centreline of North Shore Road to the junction with Middle Road; thence South-East along the centreline of Middle Road to the junction with Vesey Street; thence North-West along the centreline of Vesey Street to the junction with Valley Heights Road; thence North-West following the property lines dividing properties accessed from Loyal Hill Road and Loyal Hill Crescent from the properties accessed from Foothills Road and Valley Heights Road, continuing to a point on the Railway Trail equidistant between the junctions with Loyal Hill Road and Foothills Road; thence West along the centreline of the Railway Trail to the junction with Loyal Hill Road; thence North-West along the centreline of Loyal Hill Road to the junction with North Shore Road and shall include Gibbet Island, Little Gibbet Island and Redshank Island.”
