Grand Bassa-3 | |
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Constituency for the House of Representatives of Liberia | |
Electorate | 38,527 (2023) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Representative | Matthew Joe [2] |
Grand Bassa-3 is an electoral district for the elections to the House of Representatives of Liberia.
Year | Representative elected | Party | Notes | |
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2005 | Edward Bueh Sundaygar | LP | Died in office. [3] [4] | |
2007 | Jeh Byron Browne | LP | [5] | |
2011 | Gabriel B. Smith | IND | [6] | |
2017 | Matthew Joe | CDC | [7] | |
2023 | Matthew Joe | CDC | [2] |
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