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'''William Arthur Branville McCartney''' or '''Branville McCartney''' (born May 6, 1967) is a [[Demographics of the Bahamas|Bahamian]] politician and
He previously served in the [[Cabinet of the Bahamas|Cabinet]] of the third [[Hubert Ingraham#Prime Minister again|Ingraham administration]], but [[resigned]] before the [[2012 Bahamian general election|2012 general elections]] were called.
He was appointed to the Senate in 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/dec/12/Loretta-appoints-Branville/|title = Loretta appoints Branville McCartney to the Senate}}</ref> and was very briefly Leader of the Opposition there in 2017.▼
== Early life and education ==
McCartney attended Kingsway Academy's graduating in 1985. He later attended [[Holborn College|Holborn Law College]], graduating in 1989 with an and [[LLB|LL.B]] honours degree and was subsequently admitted to the [[Bar of England and Wales]] at the [[Inner Temple]] and the Bahamas in 1990.
== Legal and political career ==
In 2000, McCartney started his own [[law firm]], Halsbury Law, which hosts an annual free [[legal clinic]], the only one in the country opened to the general public.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mydnaparty.org/candidate/Branville-McCartney |title=Democratic National Alliance - Putting People First |website=www.mydnaparty.org |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919033620/http://www.mydnaparty.org/candidate/Branville-McCartney |archive-date=19 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In May 2007, McCartney was elected a Member of Parliament for the Bamboo Town Constituency<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=10 April 2012 |title=Political Leaders' Biographies |url=https://www.tribune242.com/news/2012/apr/10/political-leaders-biographies/ |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=The Tribune Newspaper |publication-place=Nassau, Bahamas}}</ref> as member of the [[Free National Movement]]. He served as State Minister of Tourism and Aviation and later as State Immigration Minister under Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham.<ref name=":0" /> He resigned after two years and founded a new political party the [[Democratic National Alliance (Bahamas)|Democratic National Alliance]].<ref name=":0" />
▲He was later appointed to the [[Parliament of the Bahamas|Senate of the Bahamas]] in 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/dec/12/Loretta-appoints-Branville/|title = Loretta appoints Branville McCartney to the Senate}}</ref> and was very briefly [[Leader of the Opposition
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