History repeated itself yesterday as Dr William Duguid was left out of the list of Cabinet ministers announced by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley.
For the second time in four years, the esteemed orthodontist found himself without a ministerial portfolio. His reaction was the same as it had been on January 26, 2022 – he announced his return to private practice.
“I want to thank the Prime Minister for the opportunity to serve the people of Barbados at the highest level for the last almost eight years,” he told the Daily Nation yesterday.
Duguid, the Christ Church West Member of Parliament, was re-elected with 2 439 votes, beating the Democratic Labour Party’s Andrew Cave, who secured 686 votes, in last Wednesday’s General Election.
The veteran politician previously served as Minister of Transport and Works and Minister of Housing. He retired from elective politics in 2013 and relocated to Canada, but returned in 2018 to continue his political journey.
In 2022, he was sworn in as Senior Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Infrastructural Projects and Town Planning, just a day after being left out of the Cabinet.
Seven other MPs are without ministerial portfolios. (MB)
