Mesopotamia (Belize House constituency)

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Mesopotamia
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
Belize constituencies, Mesopotamia.svg
District Belize
Electorate2,277 (2020)
Major settlements Belize City (part)
Current constituency
Created1961
Party  United Democratic Party
Area Representative Moses "Shyne" Barrow

Mesopotamia, sometimes abbreviated as Mesop, is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Shyne Barrow of the United Democratic Party.

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The Mesopotamia constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. It currently comprises much of central Belize City, surrounded by the Collet, Queen's Square and Albert constituencies. [1] The UDP has continuously held Mesopotamia since the 1979 general election, longer than any other constituency. It is widely considered a strong UDP safe seat. [2]

Longtime representative Michael Finnegan stood down at the 2020 general election and was succeeded by his nephew, internationally known rapper Shyne Barrow. [3]

Area representatives

Shyne Barrow Shyne profile (cropped).jpg
Shyne Barrow
ElectionArea representative [4] Party
1961 C. L. B. Rogers PUP
1965 C. L. B. Rogers PUP
1969 C. L. B. Rogers PUP
1974 C. L. B. Rogers PUP
1979 Curl Thompson UDP
1984 Curl Thompson UDP
1989 Curl Thompson UDP
1993 Michael Finnegan UDP
1998 Michael Finnegan UDP
2003 Michael Finnegan UDP
2008 Michael Finnegan UDP
2012 Michael Finnegan UDP
2015 Michael Finnegan UDP
2020 Shyne Barrow UDP

Elections

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
2020 general election [5]
Electorate: 2,277
Turnout: 1,715 (75.32%) −3.47		 UDP hold
Majority: 159 (9.27%) -46.56 		Shyne Barrow UDP 91053.06−23.82
(Dr.) Candice Pitts PUP 75143.79+22.74
2015 general election [6]
Electorate: 3,711
Turnout: 2,128 (57.34%) −3.47		 UDP hold
Majority: 1,188 (55.83%) -8.93 		Michael Finnegan UDP 1,63676.88−4.72
Dorla Vaughan PUP 44821.05+4.21
2012 general election [7]
Electorate: 3,710
Turnout: 2,256 (60.81%) −5.21		 UDP hold
Majority: 1,461 (64.76%) +9.99 		Michael Finnegan UDP 1,84181.60+4.68
Philip Palacio PUP 38016.84−5.31
2008 general election [8]
Electorate: 3,255
Turnout: 2,149 (66.02%) −3.86		 UDP hold
Majority: 1,177 (54.77%) +20.4 		Michael Finnegan UDP 1,65376.92+10.0
Austin Waight PUP 47622.15−10.4
2003 general election [9]
Electorate: 2,178
Turnout: 1,892 (69.88%) −14.3		 UDP hold
Majority: 526 (34.37%) +20.1 		Michael Finnegan UDP 1,02466.92+10.34
Philip Brackett PUP 49832.55−9.76
1998 general election [10]
Electorate: 1,707
Turnout: 1,437 (84.18%) +26.81		 UDP hold
Majority: 205 (14.27%) −1.73 		Michael Finnegan UDP 81356.58−1.42
Gilbert Ray Lightburn PUP 60842.31+0.31
Lisburn Earl Peters PDP 90.63-
1993 general election [11] [12]
Electorate: 3,052
Turnout: 1,751 (57.37%) +1.66		 UDP hold
Majority: 281 (16.0%) +8.3 		Michael Finnegan UDP 1,01658.0+4.9
Steve Latchman PUP 73542.0−3.4
1989 general election [13] [14]
Electorate: 2,818
Turnout: 1,570 (55.71%) −5.43		 UDP hold
Majority: 121 (7.7%) −30.8 		Curl Thompson UDP 83453.1−15.3
Steve Latchman PUP 71345.4+15.5
1984 general election [15] [16]
Electorate: 2,460
Turnout: 1,504 (61.14%) −26.0		 UDP hold
Majority: 38.5% (+34.4) 		Curl Thompson UDP 68.4+17.1
Myrtle Palacio PUP 29.9−17.3
1979 general election [17]
Electorate: 2,489
Turnout: 2,169 (87.14%) +14.89		 UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 4.1% (−4.7) 		Curl Thompson UDP 51.3+6.9
C. L. B. Rogers PUP 47.2−5.5
1974 general election [18]
Electorate: 2,281
Turnout: 1,648 (72.25%) +8.65		 PUP hold
Majority: 8.8% (−0.7) 		C. L. B. Rogers PUP 52.7−1.2
Curl Thompson UDP 44.4-
1969 general election [19]
Electorate: 2,066
Turnout: 1,314 (63.6%) −7.07		 PUP hold
Majority: 9.5% (+3.4) 		C. L. B. Rogers PUP 53.9+1.7
Colville Young NIP 43.9−2.2
1965 general election [20]
Electorate: 3,396
Turnout: 2,400 (70.67%) −9.02		 PUP hold
Majority: 6.1% (−27.9) 		C. L. B. Rogers PUP 52.2−10.2
Colville Young NIP 46.1+17.7
1961 general election [21]
Electorate: 2,501
Turnout: 1,993 (79.69%) n/a		 PUP win
Majority: 34.0% (n/a) 		C. L. B. Rogers PUP 62.4-
Erlean Casasola NIP 28.4-
Edward Usher CDP 8.6-

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References

  1. ↑ Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
  2. ↑ "Finnegan wakes to color Mesopotamia red", Great Belize Television, 14 February 2012. (accessed 20 November 2014)
  3. ↑ Rapper Shyne Barrow Is Elected to Belize's House of Representatives
  4. ↑ Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
  5. ↑ "General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections and Boundaries Department. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections and Boundaries Department. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  7. ↑ GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  8. ↑ 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  9. ↑ 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  10. ↑ General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  11. ↑ General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  12. ↑ 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  13. ↑ General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  14. ↑ 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  15. ↑ General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  16. ↑ 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  17. ↑ General Elections 1979, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  18. ↑ General Elections 1974, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  19. ↑ General Elections 1969, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  20. ↑ General Elections 1965, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  21. ↑ General Elections 1961, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
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