Trelawny Southern

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Trelawny Southern
constituency
for the Parliament of Jamaica
Parish Trelawny
County Cornwall
Population26,564 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate19,716 (2020) [2]
Major settlements Albert Town, Wait-a-Bit, Ulster Spring
Current constituency
Created1944
Party Jamaica Labour Party
Member of ParliamentVacant
Electoral divisions Albert Town, Ulster Spring, Warsop, Lorrimers
Returning officer Talbert Golding
Constituency number28

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. [3] [4] 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. [5] She was Speaker and resigned as MP on September 21, 2023. [6]

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency covers four of the nine electoral divisions in the parish of Trelawny – Warsop to the west, Albert Town to the north, Ulster Spring to the north-east, and Lorrimers to the south. [2]

Demographics

According to the Jamaica Population Census of 2011, the number of persons living in the constituency was 26,564, while the number of registered voters was 17,953. [1] [7] As of the 2020 general election, the number of registered electors in the constituency was 19,716. This represents a 2.2% increase over the 19,289 voters registered for the 2016 general election. [2] [7]

Voter Distribution by Electoral Division [2]
Electoral DivisionNumber of Polling DivisionsNumber of electors
Albert Town174,492
Lorrimers236,681
Ulster Spring213,544
Warsop204,819
Grand total8119,716

Members of Parliament

1944 to Present

ElectionMemberParty
1944 Matthew Thelwell Jamaica Labour Party
1949 Felix Toyloy Jamaica Labour Party
1955 Felix Toyloy Jamaica Labour Party
1959 James Binns People's National Party
1962 Felix Toyloy Jamaica Labour Party
1967 Albert Belinfanti People's National Party
1972 Albert Belinfanti People's National Party
1976 Albert Belinfanti People's National Party
1980 Lloyd Bascoe Jamaica Labour Party
1983 Lloyd Bascoe Jamaica Labour Party
1989 Lyndel Frater People's National Party
1993 Brascoe Lee Jamaica Labour Party
1997 Doreen Chen People's National Party
2002 Devon McDaniel People's National Party
2007 Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert Jamaica Labour Party
2011 Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert Jamaica Labour Party
2016 Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert Jamaica Labour Party
2020 Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert Jamaica Labour Party

Elections

Elections from 2000 to Present

General Election 2020: Trelawny Southern [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert 7,09369.9Increase2.svg 11.0
PNP Lloyd Gillings3,03029.9Decrease2.svg 10.1
Independent Richard Sharpe240.2Decrease2.svg 10.7
Turnout 10,147
Registered electors
JLP hold
General Election 2016: Trelawny Southern [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert 6,62258.9Increase2.svg 2.2
PNP Lloyd Gillings4,55840.6Decrease2.svg 2.3
Turnout 11,23558.3Decrease2.svg 3.2
Registered electors 19,289Increase2.svg 7.4
JLP hold
General Election 2011: Trelawny Southern [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert 6,26056.7
PNP Lyndel Frater4,73542.9
Turnout 11,04361.5
Registered electors 17,953
JLP hold

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