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The Parliament of Jamaica is the legislative branch of the government of Jamaica. It consists of three elements: The Crown, the appointed Senate and the directly elected House of Representatives.
Karl Samuda OJ is a Jamaican politician. He completed his education at the University of Ottawa and is currently the Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Water, Works and Housing in Jamaica and previously the Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries and served in that position between 2007 and 2011.
Saint Ann South Eastern 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. The seat is considered a safe seat for the People's National Party.
Saint Andrew North Central 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.
Saint Andrew North Western 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. It has been represented by Nigel A. L. Clarke since a by-election in 2018.
Saint Catherine North West 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.
Saint Catherine West Central 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.
Generation 2000 (G2K) is the young professional affiliate of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). It is a Center-Right political Youth Organization that was founded in 2000 by a group of young professionals that saw a need for professional politics in Jamaica. The organization was incorporated as a corporate non-profit body, with a board of directors chaired by Dr. David Panton in the year 2000. The current President of Generation 2000 is Ryan Strachan, a Stockbroker, who is a graduate of London Southbank University.
Saint James North Western 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. It was one of the 32 constituencies fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944. The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016. The current MP is the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, representing the Jamaica Labour Party, who has been in office since 2002.
Saint James Central 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. The constituency was first contested in the 1967 general election. The current MP is Heroy Clarke of the Jamaica Labour Party who has been in office since 2016.
Jamaica is the first English-speaking country in the Caribbean to achieve universal adult suffrage and grant women the right to be elected to Parliament. Between 1944 and 2020, a total of 47 women have been elected as members of the House of Representatives. As of September 2020 there are 18 women in the House of Representatives, the highest ever. This is a new all-time high at 29% and is the first time that female representation in the House of Representatives stands at more than a quarter of the total membership.
Trelawny Southern 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. It was one of the 32 constituencies fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944. The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016. The last MP was Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, representing the Jamaica Labour Party, who has been in office since 2007. She was Speaker and resigned as MP on September 21, 2023.
Portland West 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. The constituency consists of the western part of Portland Parish. It is represented by Labour MP Daryl Vaz. Vaz's wife Ann-Marie Vaz is MP for Portland Eastern.
Manchester North Eastern is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. Located in Manchester Parish, the constituency was created in 1966. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current MP is Audley Shaw.
Saint Ann North Western is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency consists of the north-west part of Saint Ann Parish. It is represented by Jamaica Labour Party MP Krystal Lee.
Saint Ann South Western is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency consists of the south-west part of Saint Ann Parish. It is represented by Labour Party MP Zavia Mayne.
The 14th Parliament of Jamaica was sworn in on 15 September 2020, after being elected following the 2020 Jamaican general election.
Marsha Leonette Smith is a Jamaican attorney-at-law and Labour Party politician, and former Member of Parliament for Saint Ann North Eastern (2020-24). She currently serves as the State Minister in the Ministry of Education.
Ernest A. Smith, known as Ernie Smith, was a Jamaican Labour Party politician.
Matthew Samuda is a Jamaican politician from the Labour Party. He is a member of the Senate of Jamaica and is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Cabinet of Jamaica.
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- ↑ "JLP's Marsha Smith resigns as MP - Jamaica Observer". www.jamaicaobserver.com. 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
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