Friday, May 15, 2026

Walters, Goodridge sworn in as Opposition Senators

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Ryan Walters and Karina Goodridge are the two Opposition Senators appointed on the discretion of the President of Barbados. 

Walters returns to the Senate having served there previously as a representative of the Democratic Labour Party while Goodridge is the president of the Friends of Democracy and will be in the Upper Chamber for the first time.

The Friends of Democracy formed out of the Democratic Labour Party.

Yesterday there was uncertainty over who would fill the last two remaining slots in the Senate.

Walters, a businessman, and Goodridge, an attorney at law, were sworn in by President the Most Honourable Geoffrey Bostic at State House. (SAT)

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