Trelawny Southern

Trelawny Southern
constituency for the Parliament of Jamaica
Parish	Trelawny
County	Cornwall
Population	26,564 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate	19,716 (2020) [2]
Major settlements	Albert Town, Wait-a-Bit, Ulster Spring
Current constituency
Created	1944
Party	Jamaica Labour Party
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Electoral divisions	Albert Town, Ulster Spring, Warsop, Lorrimers
Returning officer	Talbert Golding
Constituency number	28

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]

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 Division	Number of Polling Divisions	Number of electors
Albert Town	17	4,492
Lorrimers	23	6,681
Ulster Spring	21	3,544
Warsop	20	4,819
Grand total	81	19,716

Members of Parliament

1944 to Present

Election		Member	Party
	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	Jamaica Labour 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]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert	7,093	69.9	11.0
	PNP	Lloyd Gillings	3,030	29.9	10.1
	Independent	Richard Sharpe	24	0.2	10.7
Turnout			10,147
Registered electors
	JLP hold

General Election 2016: Trelawny Southern ^{[7] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert	6,622	58.9	2.2
	PNP	Lloyd Gillings	4,558	40.6	2.3
Turnout			11,235	58.3	3.2
Registered electors			19,289		7.4
	JLP hold

General Election 2011: Trelawny Southern ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert	6,260	56.7
	PNP	Lyndel Frater	4,735	42.9
Turnout			11,043	61.5
Registered electors			17,953
	JLP hold

See also

• Politics of Jamaica
• Elections in Jamaica

References

1. "Population by Constituency and Parish: 2011". Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
2. "Constituency Boundaries". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
3. "Jamaica: Constitutional Law". International Labour Organization . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
4. "Jamaica: Self-government". Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
5. "Jamaica General Election Results (1944-2016)" (PDF). National Library of Jamaica . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
6. "Dalrymple-Philibert Resigns As House Speaker And South Trelawny MP". radiojamaicanewsonline.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
7. "Jamaica General Election Results (2016)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
8. "General Election 2020 – Preliminary Results". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
9. "Trelawny Southern (2020)". Jamaica elections (Jamaica Gleaner). Retrieved 13 September 2020.
10. "Constituency: Trelawny Southern (2016)". Jamaica Gleaner . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
11. "Jamaica General Election Results (2011)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
12. "Constituency: Trelawny Southern (2011)". Jamaica Gleaner . Retrieved 4 September 2020.