Queen's Square (Belize House constituency)

Queen's Square
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives
District	Belize
Electorate	4,278 (2015)
Major settlements	Belize City (part)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	United Democratic Party
Area Representative	Denise Barrow

Queen's Square is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Denise Barrow of the United Democratic Party. ^[1] Her brother, former Prime Minister Dean Barrow, previously held the constituency from 1984 until he retired during the 2020 Belizean general election.

Profile

The Queen's Square constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. It occupies a southern portion of central Belize City, bordering the Collet, Mesopotamia and Port Loyola constituencies. ^[2] A UDP stronghold, Queen's Square is the only constituency in the Belize District which has never been won by the People's United Party.

Area representatives

Election		Area representative	Party
	1984	Dean Barrow [3]	UDP
	1989	Dean Barrow [3]	UDP
	1993	Dean Barrow [3]	UDP
	1998	Dean Barrow [3]	UDP
	2003	Dean Barrow [3]	UDP
	2008	Dean Barrow [3]	UDP
	2012	Dean Barrow [3]	UDP
	2015	Dean Barrow [3]	UDP
	2020	Denise Barrow [1]	UDP

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
2012 general election [4] Electorate: 3,960 Turnout: 2,577 (65.08%) −3.94		UDP hold Majority: 1,549 (60.11%) +7.54		Dean Barrow	UDP	2,039	79.12	+3.02
				Anthony Glenford Sylvestre	PUP	490	19.01	−4.52
2008 general election [5] Electorate: 3,977 Turnout: 2,745 (69.02%) −11.76		UDP hold Majority: 1,443 (52.57%) +41.07		Dean Barrow	UDP	2,089	76.10	+20.74
				Anthony Sylvestre Jr.	PUP	646	23.53	−20.33
				Ebony Babb	NRTCP	10	0.36	-
2003 general election [6] Electorate: 2,690 Turnout: 2,173 (80.78%) −9.4		UDP hold Majority: 250 (11.5%) +8.76		Dean Barrow	UDP	1,203	55.36	+4.57
				Richard Bradley	PUP	953	43.86	−4.19
1998 general election [7] Electorate: 1,904 Turnout: 1,717 (90.18%) +32.61		UDP hold Majority: 47 (2.74%) −34.46		Dean Barrow	UDP	872	50.79	−17.81
				Richard Bradley	PUP	825	48.05	+16.65
				Russell August	PDP	9	0.52	-
1993 general election [8] [9] Electorate: 2,943 Turnout: 1,694 (57.57%) −1.03		UDP hold Majority: 630 (37.2%) +7.9		Dean Barrow	UDP	1,162	68.6	+4.7
				Juliet Soberanis	PUP	532	31.4	−3.2
1989 general election [10] [11] Electorate: 2,896 Turnout: 1,697 (58.6%) −7.16		UDP hold Majority: 497 (29.3%) −4.9		Dean Barrow	UDP	1,085	63.9	−2.6
				Thomas Greenwood	PUP	588	34.6	+2.3
1984 general election [12] [13] Electorate: 2,544 Turnout: 1,673 (65.76%) n/a		UDP win Majority: 580 (34.2%) n/a		Dean Barrow	UDP	1,029	66.5	-
				Ralph Fonseca	PUP	449	32.3	-

References

1. Staff, B. B. N. (2020-11-11). "Denise Barrow claims Queen Square". Belize News and Opinion on www.breakingbelizenews.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
2. Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
3. Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
4. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
5. 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
6. 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
7. General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
8. General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
9. 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
10. General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
11. 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
12. General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
13. 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)

National Assembly of Belize
Preceded by Fort George	Constituency represented by the leader of the opposition 1998–2008	Succeeded by Fort George
Preceded by Fort George	Constituency represented by the prime minister 2008–present	Succeeded by incumbent