The People's National Party (PNP) is a social-democratic political party in Jamaica,founded in 1938 by Norman Washington Manley who served as party president until his death in 1969. It holds 14 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives,as 96 of the 227 local government divisions. The party is democratic socialist by constitution.
Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna is a Jamaican politician and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1993,becoming the third Jamaican to win the title. A member of the opposition People's National Party,Hanna currently serves as Member of Parliament for Saint Ann South East,and was Jamaica's Minister of Youth and Culture from 2012–2016. Hanna was a candidate in the 2020 People's National Party leadership election,following the PNP's defeat at the 2020 Jamaican general election and the subsequent resignation of PNP President and Opposition Leader,Peter Phillips. Hanna was defeated by Mark Golding,receiving 1,444 votes to Golding's 1,740 votes,a difference of 296 votes.
Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller is a Jamaican former politician. She served as Prime Minister of Jamaica from March 2006 to September 2007 and again from 5 January 2012 to 3 March 2016. She was the leader of the People's National Party from 2005 to 2017 and the Leader of the Opposition twice,from 2007 to 2012 and from 2016 to 2017.
General elections were held in Jamaica on 25 February 2016. The elections were largely a contest between the governing People's National Party (PNP) and the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The result was a narrow victory for the JLP,which won 32 of the 63 seats. One political commentator described the poll as "the closest election Jamaica has ever had".
Shahine Elizabeth Robinson was a Jamaican politician,who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Security. She was a member of the Parliament of Jamaica for Saint Ann North Eastern. She served briefly as the Transport and Works Minister from late November 2011 to January 2012.
General elections were held in Jamaica on Thursday,3 September 2020 to elect 63 members of Parliament. As the constitution stipulates a five-year parliamentary term,the next elections were not expected until between 25 February and 10 June 2021. However,Prime Minister Andrew Holness called early elections to ensure a united response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On the advice of Holness,Governor General Patrick Allen dissolved Parliament on 13 August 2020.
Saint James East Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was first contested in the 1976 general election. The current MP is the Hon. Edmund Bartlett of the Jamaica Labour Party who has been in office since 2002.
Saint James Southern is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was first contested in the 1976 general election. The current MP is Homer Davis of the Jamaica Labour Party who has been in office since 2020.
Saint James West Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was first contested in the 1976 general election. The current MP is the Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte of the Jamaica Labour Party who has been in office since 2016.
Jamaica is the first English-speaking country in the Caribbean to achieve universal adult suffrage and grant women the right to be elected to Parliament. Between 1944 and 2020,a total of 47 women have been elected as members of the House of Representatives. As of September 2020 there are 18 women in the House of Representatives,the highest ever. This is a new all-time high at 29% and is the first time that female representation in the House of Representatives stands at more than a quarter of the total membership.
Hanover Western 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. The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016. The current MP is Tamika Davis.
A by-election to the House of Representatives was held for the Saint Andrew North Western constituency on March 5,2018. The seat was declared vacant after the resignation of Derrick Smith as member of Parliament effective January 15,2018. The election was won by Nigel Clarke of the Jamaica Labour Party.
Felix Gordon Veitch was a Jamaican Baptist minister,medical practitioner and politician,representing first the Peoples Political Party founded by Marcus Garvey before serving as an Independent and then later for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in pre-independent Jamaica. He served as the first speaker of the House of Representatives (1945-1946).
Trelawny Southern 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. The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016. The last MP was Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert,representing the Jamaica Labour Party,who has been in office since 2007. She was Speaker and resigned as MP on September 21,2023.
Trelawny Northern 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. The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016. The current MP is Tova Hamilton,representing the Jamaica Labour Party,who has been in office since the 2020 general election.
Donald Keith "D.K." Duncan,CD,was a Jamaican dental surgeon and politician,representing the People's National Party (PNP). He served as Minister of National Mobilization &Human Resource Development (1977–1980).
Maxine Antoinette Henry-Wilson,CD is a Jamaican educator and politician,representing the People's National Party (PNP). She served as minister of education from 2002 to 2007.
Ivan Stewart Lloyd was a Jamaican medical practitioner and politician,representing the People's National Party (PNP). He served as Jamaica's first Leader of the Opposition from 1944 to 1949,minister of education and social welfare from 1955 to 1957,minister of home affairs from 1957 to 1959,and was minister of health between 1959 and 1962.
Derrick Flavius Leroy Kellier is a Jamaican businessman and politician,representing the People's National Party (PNP). He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Saint James Southern from 1989 to 2020. He served as Minister of Labour and Social Security from 2006 to 2007,and again from 2012 to 2015. Kellier also served concurrently as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries from 2014 to 2016.
General elections are scheduled to be held in Jamaica by 2025.
