Hanover Eastern is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was one of the 32 constituencies fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944.[1][2] The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016.[3] The current MP is Dave Hume-Brown, representing the Jamaica Labour Party, who has been in office since 2016.[4]
Boundaries
editThe constituency covers three electoral divisions – Sandy Bay, Hopewell, and Chester Castle.[5]
Members of Parliament
edit1944 to Present
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Joseph Malcolm | Independent | |
| 1949 | Joseph Malcolm | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1955 | Joseph Malcolm | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1959 | Eric Campbell | People's National Party | |
| 1962 | Arnold Jackson | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1967 | Arnold Jackson | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1972 | Arnold Jackson | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1976 | Aston King | People's National Party | |
| 1980 | Basil Buck | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1983 | Basil Buck | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1989 | Aston King | People's National Party | |
| 1993 | Francis Tulloch | People's National Party | |
| 1997 | Canute Brown | People's National Party | |
| 2002 | Barrington Gray | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 2007 | D. K. Duncan | People's National Party | |
| 2011 | D. K. Duncan | People's National Party | |
| 2016 | Dave Hume-Brown | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 2020 | Dave Hume-Brown | Jamaica Labour Party | |
Elections
editElections from 2000 to Present
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | Dave Hume-Brown | 5,972 | 57.7 |  6.7
| |
| PNP | Wynter McIntosh | 4,377 | 42.3 |  6.0
| |
| Turnout | 10,349 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| JLP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | Dave Hume-Brown | 6,386 | 51.0 | 2.1
| ||
| PNP | Wynter McIntosh | 6,046 | 48.3 | 2.4
| ||
| Turnout | 12,528 | 53.0 | 9.3
| |||
| Registered electors | 23,618 | 8.8
| ||||
| JLP gain from PNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNP | D. K. Duncan | 6,853 | 50.7 | ||
| JLP | Paula Kerr-Jarrett | 6,602 | 48.9 | ||
| Turnout | 13,513 | 62.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 21,699 | ||||
| PNP hold | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Jamaica: Constitutional Law". International Labour Organization. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Jamaica: Self-government". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Know Your Constituency: Hanover Eastern". DigiJamaica (Jamaica Gleaner). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Jamaica General Election Results (1944-2016)" (PDF). National Library of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Constituency Boundaries". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "General Election 2020 – Preliminary Results". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Hanover Eastern". Jamaica elections (Jamaica Gleaner). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Jamaica General Election Results (2016)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Constituency: Hanover Eastern". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Jamaica General Election Results (2011)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.