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Portland Eastern

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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

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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

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Encompasses the Portland communities of Fellowship, Port Antonio and Fairy Hill.

General Election 2007: Portland East
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

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  1. ^ "Vaz sets 100-day priority list for Portland Eastern". jamaica-gleaner.com. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Daryl, Ann-Marie Vaz double-team Portland". jamaica-gleaner.com. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ^ Greaves, Natalie (4 February 2019). "Opposition legislator Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield murdered in Jamaica". Caribbean News. Retrieved 20 February 2022.