Shanendon Cartwright
{{Short description|Bahamian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member of the Parliament of the Bahamas for St. Barnabas
| party = Free National Movement
| term_start = 2017
}}
Shanendon Eugene Cartwright is a Bahamian politician from the opposition Free National Movement.{{Cite web |title=St. Barnabas {{!}} Shanendon Cartwright |url=https://www.fnmbahamas.org/candidates/shanendon-cartwright/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Free National Movement |language=en-US}} He is the member of parliament for St. Barnabas.{{Cite web |last=THOMPSON |first=TANEKA |date=2024-05-01 |title=Cartwright nominates for deputy leader |url=https://www.thenassauguardian.com/news/cartwright-nominates-for-deputy-leader/article_cea632d6-0739-11ef-a840-97d4d9384a13.html |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=The Nassau Guardian |language=en}}
He was first elected in the 2017 Bahamian general election.{{Cite web |title=No ‘willful wrongdoing’ says Cartwright |url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2022/mar/18/no-willful-wrongdoing-says-cartwright/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=www.tribune242.com |language=en}} He was re-elected in the 2021 Bahamian general election.{{Cite web |last=Guardian |first=The Nassau |date=2021-09-06 |title=Shanendon Cartwright deserves to be re-elected to the House of Assembly |url=https://www.thenassauguardian.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/shanendon-cartwright-deserves-to-be-re-elected-to-the-house-of-assembly/article_2c14e9b8-fe74-5799-9bf7-f6eb4d60b3d8.html |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=The Nassau Guardian |language=en}}
Cartwright was executive chairman of the Bahamas Public Parks and Beaches Authority.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-02 |title=NOT MY GOOD NAME: Cartwright pushes back against accusations levied by PM |url=https://ewnews.com/not-my-good-name-shanendon-cartwright-st-barnabas-mp-pushes-back-against-accusations-levied-by-prime-minister-philip-brave-davis |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Eye Witness News |language=en-US}}
In 2022, he was elected deputy leader of the Free National Movement (FNM).{{Cite web |title=Shanendon Cartwright elected FNM deputy leader, Dr Duane Sands voted in as chairman {{!}} The Tribune |url=http://m.tribune242.com/news/2022/feb/25/shanendon-cartwright-elected-fnm-deputy-leader-dr-/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=m.tribune242.com}}
On 4 December 2024, Cartwright threw the parliamentary mace out of a window, after feeling Speaker Patricia Deveaux did not let him speak.{{Cite news |date=5 December 2024 |title=Bahamas suspends parliament after lawmaker throws symbolic mace out window |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bahamas-suspends-parliament-after-lawmaker-throws-symbolic-mace-out-window-2024-12-04/ |work=Reuters}} This move paralleled an incident in 1965, when the leader of the opposition also threw the mace out of a window, pushing for political change, in an event since dubbed "Black Tuesday".{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Joshua |date=4 December 2024 |title=“The Power Rests In The Hands of the Bahamian People” |url=https://ournews.bs/the-power-rests-in-the-hands-of-the-bahamian-people/ |work=Our News Bahamas}} It followed reports from US federal prosecutors that Bahamian officials were facilitating imports of cocaine into the United States in exchange for bribes.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-27 |title=Southern District of New York {{!}} U.S. Attorney Announces Cocaine Importation Charges Against Chief Superintendent Of Royal Bahamas Police Force And Other Bahamian Officials |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-cocaine-importation-charges-against-chief-superintendent-royal |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=United States Department of Justice |language=en}} Members of the FNM were later forced out of the building by police. Cartwright was later released.