Montserrado-15

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Montserrado-15
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of Liberia
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Electorate41,673 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created2011
Representative Abu Bana Kamara [2]

Montserrado-15 is an electoral district for the elections to the House of Representatives of Liberia. The district covers the northern parts of Garwolon Township, i.e. the communities of Blamo Town, Central Logan Town, Free Port Development, Gbandi Town, King Peter Town, Little White Chapel, Vicky Spot, Zinc Camp and Zondo Town, as well as the western parts of Caldwell Township, i.e. Caldwell Community, New Georgia Road, Central Caldwell and Lower Caldwell A. [3]

Elected representatives

YearRepresentative electedPartyNotes
2011 Adolph A. Lawrence Ind. [4]
2017 Adolph A. Lawrence CDC Died in office. [5] [6]
2019 Abu Bana Kamara CDC [7]
2023 Abu Bana Kamara CDC [2]

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References

  1. "VOTER REGISTRATION CENTERS / VOTING PRECINCTS" (PDF). National Elections Commission. March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "2023 House of REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION RESULTS". National Elections Commission. 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  3. National Elections Commission. Montserrado 2011
  4. National Democratic Institute. Know Your Representative
  5. "2017 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION RESULTS". National Elections Commission. 2017. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  6. Dodoo, Lennart (March 25, 2019). "Liberia: Truck Driver, Conductor on the Run in Rep. Adolph Lawrence Motor Car Death". FrontPage Africa . Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  7. "Liberia: Telia Urey Concedes Early Defeat in District 15 By-elections". FrontPage Africa. August 28, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2024.