Port Loyola

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Port Loyola
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
Belize constituencies, Port Loyola.svg
District Belize
Electorate4,698 (2015)
Major settlements Belize City (part)
Current constituency
Created1984
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).

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Port Loyola is a great constituency in Belize created in 1984

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

ElectionArea 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
2025 Gilroy Usher PUP

Elections

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
2025 general election [2]
Electorate: 4,804
Turnout: 2,547 (53.02%) 24.34
PUP hold
Majority: 1,225 (48.10%) +25.89
Gilroy Usher PUP 1,57761.92+2.94
Anthony Martinez UDP 35236.77 13.82-22.95
Philip Wiloughby UDP 26110.25-26.52
Nelma Jones UDP 1515.93-30.84
Wilmore Tablada People's Democratic Movement (Belize) 542.12-
2020 general election [3]
Electorate: 4,717
Turnout: 3,649 (77.36%) +15.31
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 793 (22.21%) +19.61
Gilroy Usher PUP 2,10658.98+12.94
Philip Willougby UDP 1,31336.77-11.87
Evan Thompson BPP 1524.25+1.09
2015 general election [4]
Electorate: 4,698
Turnout: 2,915 (62.05%) 1.28
UDP hold
Majority: 76 (2.60%) 25.62
Anthony Martinez UDP 1,41848.6414.58
Gilroy Usher Sr. PUP 1,34246.04+11.06
Nedal Murphy McLaren BPP 923.16-
2012 general election [5]
Electorate: 4,469
Turnout: 2,830 (63.33%) 0.77
UDP hold
Majority: 790 (28.24%) 24.76
Anthony Martinez UDP 1,78963.2210.83
Gilroy Usher Sr. PUP 99034.98+13.93
2008 general election [6]
Electorate: 4,106
Turnout: 2,632 (64.1%) 5.11
UDP hold
Majority: 1,395 (53.0%) +32.54
Anthony Martinez UDP 1,94974.05+14.61
Oscar Rosado PUP 55421.0517.93
Erwin Muhammed "X" Jones VIP 1224.64-
2003 general election [7]
Electorate: 5,800
Turnout: 4,014 (69.21%) 13.84
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 821 (20.46%) +0.99
Anthony Martinez UDP 2,38659.44+20.13
Dolores Balderamos-García PUP 1,56538.9819.8
Percival Reynolds Independent 451.12-
1998 general election [8]
Electorate: 4,349
Turnout: 3,612 (83.05%) +21.4
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 703 (19.47%) +6.87
Dolores Balderamos-García PUP 2,12358.78+15.08
Anthony Martinez UDP 1,42039.3116.99
Robert "Corporal" Mariano PDP 320.88-
Eigenia Vilkirey Lamb Cayetano NABR 190.53-
1993 general election [9] [10]
Electorate: 4,196
Turnout: 2,587 (61.65%) +3.06
UDP hold
Majority: 327 (12.6%) 4.2
Henry Young UDP 1,45756.30
Doria Bowman PUP 1,13043.7+4.2
1989 general election [11] [12]
Electorate: 3,002
Turnout: 1,759 (58.59%) 4.22
UDP hold
Majority: 296 (16.8%) 8.6
Henry Young UDP 99156.35.4
Ernest Staine PUP 69539.5+3.2
1984 general election [13] [14]
Electorate: 2,452
Turnout: 1,540 (62.81%) n/a
UDP win
Majority: 572 (25.4%) n/a
Henry Young UDP 1,11261.7-
Ernest Staine PUP 54036.3-

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