Portland Eastern

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Portland East 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.

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It was represented by Labour MP Ann-Marie Vaz. [1] Vaz's husband Daryl Vaz is MP for Portland Western. [2]

Members

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1997 Donald Rhodd People's National Party
2011 Lynvale Bloomfield People's National Party Died in office [3]
2019 by-election Ann-Marie Vaz Jamaica Labour Party
2020
  2025 Isat Buchanan People's National Party [4]

Boundaries

Encompasses the Portland communities of Fellowship, Port Antonio and Fairy Hill.

General Election 2007: Portland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Donald Rhodd 8,20252.48
JLP Dennis Wright7,42847.52
Total votes15,630 100.0
Turnout  60.32
PNP hold

References

  1. ↑ "Vaz sets 100-day priority list for Portland Eastern". jamaica-gleaner.com. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Daryl, Ann-Marie Vaz double-team Portland". jamaica-gleaner.com. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Greaves, Natalie (4 February 2019). "Opposition legislator Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield murdered in Jamaica". Caribbean News. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "General Elections: Buchanan flips Portland Eastern for PNP - Jamaica Observer". 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.


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