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.
It is represented by Labour MP Ann-Marie Vaz.[1] Vaz's husband Daryl Vaz is MP for Portland Western.[2]
Members
[edit]Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Boundaries
[edit]Encompasses the Portland communities of Fellowship, Port Antonio and Fairy Hill.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PNP | Donald Rhodd | 8,202 | 52.48 | ||
JLP | Dennis Wright | 7,428 | 47.52 | ||
Total votes | 15,630 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | 60.32 | ||||
PNP hold |
References
[edit]- ^ "Vaz sets 100-day priority list for Portland Eastern". jamaica-gleaner.com. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Daryl, Ann-Marie Vaz double-team Portland". jamaica-gleaner.com. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ Greaves, Natalie (4 February 2019). "Opposition legislator Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield murdered in Jamaica". Caribbean News. Retrieved 20 February 2022.