Port Loyola

Port Loyola
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives
District	Belize
Electorate	4,698 (2015)
Major settlements	Belize City (part)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	People's United Party
Area Representative	Gilroy Usher

Port Loyola is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Gilroy Usher of the People's United Party (PUP).

Port Loyola contains some of the worst conditions in Belize City's Southside, and has a high crime rate.^{[ citation needed ]} St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Primary School lies within the district.

History

Port Loyola, extending from the North Creek to the Port Authority and eastward to the Yarborough Bridge, was created in 1984 on the eve of that year's legislative elections. Its first representative was businessman Henry Young, who was reelected in 1989 and 1993 before stepping aside in 1998.

In 1998, the UDP selected Anthony "Boots" Martinez to contest the division against lawyer Dolores Balderamos-García. Balderamos-García defeated Martinez badly and served until 2003, when Martinez won election.

Area representatives

Election		Area representative [1]	Party
	1984	Henry Young	UDP
	1989	Henry Young	UDP
	1993	Henry Young	UDP
	1998	Dolores Balderamos-García	PUP
	2003	Anthony Martinez	UDP
	2008	Anthony Martinez	UDP
	2012	Anthony Martinez	UDP
	2015	Anthony Martinez	UDP
	2020	Gilroy Usher	PUP

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
2012 general election [2] Electorate: 4,469 Turnout: 2,830 (63.33%) −0.77		UDP hold Majority: 790 (28.24%) −24.76		Anthony Martinez	UDP	1,789	63.22	−10.83
				Gilroy Usher Sr.	PUP	990	34.98	+13.93
2008 general election [3] Electorate: 4,106 Turnout: 2,632 (64.1%) −5.11		UDP hold Majority: 1,395 (53.0%) +32.54		Anthony Martinez	UDP	1,949	74.05	+14.61
				Oscar Rosado	PUP	554	21.05	−17.93
				Erwin Muhammed "X" Jones	VIP	122	4.64	-
2003 general election [4] Electorate: 5,800 Turnout: 4,014 (69.21%) −13.84		UDP gain from PUP Majority: 821 (20.46%) +0.99		Anthony Martinez	UDP	2,386	59.44	+20.13
				Dolores Balderamos-García	PUP	1,565	38.98	−19.8
				Percival Reynolds	Independent	45	1.12	-
1998 general election [5] Electorate: 4,349 Turnout: 3,612 (83.05%) +21.4		PUP gain from UDP Majority: 703 (19.47%) +6.87		Dolores Balderamos-García	PUP	2,123	58.78	+15.08
				Anthony Martinez	UDP	1,420	39.31	−16.99
				Robert "Corporal" Mariano	PDP	32	0.88	-
				Eigenia Vilkirey Lamb Cayetano	NABR	19	0.53	-
1993 general election [6] [7] Electorate: 4,196 Turnout: 2,587 (61.65%) +3.06		UDP hold Majority: 327 (12.6%) −4.2		Henry Young	UDP	1,457	56.3	0
				Doria Bowman	PUP	1,130	43.7	+4.2
1989 general election [8] [9] Electorate: 3,002 Turnout: 1,759 (58.59%) −4.22		UDP hold Majority: 296 (16.8%) −8.6		Henry Young	UDP	991	56.3	−5.4
				Ernest Staine	PUP	695	39.5	+3.2
1984 general election [10] [11] Electorate: 2,452 Turnout: 1,540 (62.81%) n/a		UDP win Majority: 572 (25.4%) n/a		Henry Young	UDP	1,112	61.7	-
				Ernest Staine	PUP	540	36.3	-

External links

• belize.gov.bz feature

References

1. Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
2. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
3. 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
4. 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
5. General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
6. General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
7. 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
8. General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
9. 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
10. General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
11. 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)