Dr. Nottage is a graduate of The Government High School, Nassau Bahamas, and the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, where he received his M.B. ChB., in 1969. At graduation he received the John Smith Award for outstanding contribution to the University. In 1974 he became a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists from which he received his Fellowship in 1992. In 1990 he was awarded a Fellowship in the Academy of Medical Sciences.
 

After his internship, Dr. Nottage was awarded a research fellowship by the Scottish Home and Health Dept. in 1970 and pursued studies in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Aberdeen and the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of London. During this period he did extensive research in the development of the use of the Laparoscope in Gynaecology, and into fertility and family planning. His concentration was on the role of sterilisation by tubal ligation, as well as the impact of hypertension in pregnancy ( pre-eclampsia and eclampsia ) on peri-natal mortality and morbidity.
 

In 1975 Dr. Nottage returned to the Bahamas, after completing his studies, and took up employment, first as a Senior Registrar, before becoming a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Princess Margaret Hospital. During his tenure at the P.M.H., he served as Head of the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee, Chairman of the Consultants Committee, and Chairman of the Credentials Committee. He was a lecturer, tutor and examiner in Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the Nurses Council and was a member of the Medical Council for many years. He was also an advisor to the Government on Family Planning Policy.
 

Dr. Nottage also served as President of the Medical Association of the Bahamas, and President of the Bahamas Doctors Union. He was a member of the National Task Force on Drugs, the National Task Force on National Health Insurance, and the National Drug Council.
 

In 1987, he was elected to Parliament as the representative for the Garden Hills constituency, and during that same year he was appointed as Chairman of the National Insurance Board.
 

He was appointed to the Cabinet of the Bahamas in 1989, as Minister of Consumer Affairs, a position he held until October 1990. During this period, he piloted the formation of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, of which he was elected the first President. In 1989 he created the Technical Cadet Corps, an after school programme designed to equip senior school students, in grades ten through twelve with technical skills in telecommunications, broadcasting, electrical, and water and sewerage technology that could assist in preparing for careers in those fields.

He served also as Chairman of the Water and Sewerage Corporation.
 

In October 1990, he was appointed Minister of Education, a position that he held until August 1992. During this period, the Ministry of Education, under his initiative, developed a five year National Education Plan for the first time in its history. A strong advocate of family life and healthy lifestyles, he saw to it that Family Life and Health Education was introduced to the curriculum.
 

Determined that expulsion from school should be a rarely exercised option, Dr Nottage initiated the development of Programme Sure, an alternative education programme for troubled youth, which enabled difficult students to be transferred to a special school programme for rehabilitation and eventual re-entry into the 'normal' school system. This was started in1991. He also piloted the development of a Teacher Cadet Corp programme for academically gifted students who wished to pursue a career in teaching.
 

In 1998, on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the independence of the Bahamas, he was received the Silver Jubilee Award for outstanding contribution to national development.
 

Dr. Nottage was elected to Parliament as a member of the Progressive Liberal Party in 1987. He served as its Deputy Leader from 1993 to 1997, and its Parliamentary Leader during the same period. He was the party's Parliamentary spokesman for Education, Public Works, Public Utilities, Family Island Affairs and Local Government. He was chairman of the Party's Platform Committee, its Local Government Committee and was editor of the Party's Position Paper on Local Government as well as its 1997 Platform document, "Our Covenant For Progress And Prosperity".
 

In February 2000, he resigned membership in the Progressive Liberal Party, and now serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Leader of The Coalition For Democratic Reform (CDR) a new political party.
 

Dr. Nottage is currently the Member of Parliament for the Kennedy Constituency. He has served as a member of a number of House Statutory Committees, including the Rules, Public Accounts and Records committees as well as several Select Committees. He currently serves as a member of the House Rules Committee.
 

Dr. Nottage is a lifelong athlete. During his youth he was a member of the St. Bernard's Club and was a member of the Track and junior Baseball teams. At G.H.S., he excelled at track and field and softball. He was school champion in the 100m. 200m. and the long jump and captained his House and the school's track teams. While at the University of Aberdeen, he captained the Athletics Team and was president of the Aberdeen University Athletic Club, the Aberdeen University Athletic Association, and the Scottish universities Sports Board. He won championships in the 100m and the 200m at the Scottish, the Scottish Universities and the British Universities Championships for several years.
 

He also represented Scotland at the British Championships, and the Bahamas at several major championships, including the Commonwealth Games, the Central American and Caribbean Athletics Championships, the Pan American Games and the 1968 Olympics in Mexico.
 

Dr. Nottage served for thirteen years as president of the Bahamas Amateur Athletic Association, and served also as president of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation and Vice-President of the Pan American Athletic Commission. A frequent delegate at the meetings of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, he led the fight for One Country, One Vote, and to standardise age group categories for international junior and senior athletics. The IAAF awarded him the Veteran's Pin for his services to international athletics. In 1995 he was elected to the Bahamas National Sports Hall of Fame.
 

Dr. Nottage was a founder and President of the Bahamas Family Planning Association, and has been an aggressive advocate for family planning in the Bahamas. He is also the founder and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Centre for Positive Change, a public service organization that provides services to promote the personal development of young Bahamians, provides a forum for the public discussion of matters of national import, and promotes the participation of the public in national policy development. The Centre has an active After School Homework Assistance programme as well as classes in Reading, Mathematics, English Language and Computer literacy.
 

He is the founder of St. Luke's Medical Centre, where he serves as a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and is its Medical Director.
 

He is married to the former Portia Butterfield and they have two sons