Kerrie Symmonds (born 1 June 1966 in Saint James, Barbados[citation needed]) is a Barbadian lawyer, politician and the cabinet minister in the government of Mia Mottley.
He was the youngest to chair the COTED (Council for Trade and Economic Development) group of CARICOM Ministers.
[3] In the 2018 general elections, he was re-elected member of the Barbados House of Assembly and was appointed Minister of Tourism and International Transport in the Mia Mottley Administration.
On February 2, 2018, Symmonds made a statement calling 3 female members of the Barbados Labour Party "1,000 pounds of blubber".
This caused an outrage which called for his resignation with other MPs criticizing the statement he made.