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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]

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Boundaries

The constituency covers three electoral divisions – Sandy Bay, Hopewell, and Chester Castle. [5]

Members of Parliament

1944 to Present

ElectionMemberParty
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

Elections from 2000 to Present

General Election 2020: Hanover Eastern [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Dave Hume-Brown 5,97257.7Increase2.svg 6.7
PNP Wynter McIntosh4,37742.3Decrease2.svg 6.0
Turnout 10,349
Registered electors
JLP hold
General Election 2016: Hanover Eastern [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Dave Hume-Brown 6,38651.0Increase2.svg 2.1
PNP Wynter McIntosh6,04648.3Decrease2.svg 2.4
Turnout 12,52853.0Decrease2.svg 9.3
Registered electors 23,618Increase2.svg 8.8
JLP gain from PNP
General Election 2011: Hanover Eastern [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP D. K. Duncan 6,85350.7
JLP Paula Kerr-Jarrett6,60248.9
Turnout 13,51362.3
Registered electors 21,699
PNP hold

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References

  1. ↑ "Jamaica: Constitutional Law". International Labour Organization . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Jamaica: Self-government". Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Know Your Constituency: Hanover Eastern". DigiJamaica (Jamaica Gleaner). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Jamaica General Election Results (1944-2016)" (PDF). National Library of Jamaica . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Constituency Boundaries". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "General Election 2020 – Preliminary Results". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Hanover Eastern". Jamaica elections (Jamaica Gleaner). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Jamaica General Election Results (2016)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Constituency: Hanover Eastern". Jamaica Gleaner . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Jamaica General Election Results (2011)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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