Hanover Eastern

Hanover 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. It was one of the 32 constituencies fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944.^[1][2] The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016.^[3] The current MP is Dave Hume-Brown, representing the Jamaica Labour Party, who has been in office since 2016.^[4]

Boundaries

The constituency covers three electoral divisions – Sandy Bay, Hopewell, and Chester Castle.^[5]

Members of Parliament

1944 to Present

Election		Member	Party
	1944	Joseph Malcolm	Independent
	1949	Joseph Malcolm	Jamaica Labour Party
	1955	Joseph Malcolm	Jamaica Labour Party
	1959	Eric Campbell	People's National Party
	1962	Arnold Jackson	Jamaica Labour Party
	1967	Arnold Jackson	Jamaica Labour Party
	1972	Arnold Jackson	Jamaica Labour Party
	1976	Aston King	People's National Party
	1980	Basil Buck	Jamaica Labour Party
	1983	Basil Buck	Jamaica Labour Party
	1989	Aston King	People's National Party
	1993	Francis Tulloch	People's National Party
	1997	Canute Brown	People's National Party
	2002	Barrington Gray	Jamaica Labour Party
	2007	D. K. Duncan	People's National Party
	2011	D. K. Duncan	People's National Party
	2016	Dave Hume-Brown	Jamaica Labour Party
	2020	Dave Hume-Brown	Jamaica Labour Party

Elections

Elections from 2000 to Present

General Election 2020: Hanover Eastern ^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Dave Hume-Brown	5,972	57.7	6.7
	PNP	Wynter McIntosh	4,377	42.3	6.0
Turnout			10,349
Registered electors
	JLP hold

General Election 2016: Hanover Eastern ^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Dave Hume-Brown	6,386	51.0	2.1
	PNP	Wynter McIntosh	6,046	48.3	2.4
Turnout			12,528	53.0	9.3
Registered electors			23,618		8.8
	JLP gain from PNP

General Election 2011: Hanover Eastern ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	D. K. Duncan	6,853	50.7
	JLP	Paula Kerr-Jarrett	6,602	48.9
Turnout			13,513	62.3
Registered electors			21,699
	PNP hold

See also

• Politics of Jamaica
• Elections in Jamaica

References

1. "Jamaica: Constitutional Law". International Labour Organization. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
2. "Jamaica: Self-government". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
3. "Know Your Constituency: Hanover Eastern". DigiJamaica (Jamaica Gleaner). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
4. "Jamaica General Election Results (1944-2016)" (PDF). National Library of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
5. "Constituency Boundaries". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
6. "General Election 2020 – Preliminary Results". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
7. "Hanover Eastern". Jamaica elections (Jamaica Gleaner). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
8. "Jamaica General Election Results (2016)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
9. "Constituency: Hanover Eastern". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
10. "Jamaica General Election Results (2011)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.