The 2020 People's National Party (PNP) leadership election was triggered after

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announced his intention to resign as Leader of the

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following the party's defeat at the 2020 general election. It was held on November 7, 2020. If Hanna was elected, she would have served as the second female President of a Jamaican political party and the second female Leader of the Opposition in Jamaican history. The election was won by Former Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for St Andrew Southern and Attorney

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who secured 1,740 or 54.6% of the vote.

Background

The announcement of the election date was made on September 27, 2020 at a meeting of the PNP's National Executive Council (NEC) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, with nomination date for candidates occurring from October 19 to 23 and a list of the final delegates produced by October 30.

Declared candidates

Roles in bold are currently held.

Results

Endorsements

Leadership candidates were endorsed by various notable politicians and persons representing sectors of civil society.

Mark Golding

* Luther Buchanan, Former Deputy General Secretary of the PNP * Gabriela Morris, Senator * Joan Gordon Webley, Caretaker MP for East Rural St Andrew and Former Ambassador * Joseph Matalon,

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Chairman * Scean Barnswell, Councillor for the Hayes Division in the Clarendon Municipal Corporation * Noel Arscott, Former Vice President of the PNP and former South West Clarendon MP *

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, Jamaican-American Actress * Garfield Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer of The Bahamas Telecommunications Co. Ltd. and Vice President of Cable & Wireless Communications (Northern Cluster) * Chris Deering, American Businessman and Marketer * Patricia Duncan-Sutherland, Caretaker MP for South East Clarendon. *

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, MP for Saint Andrew South Western * Omar Newell, President of the PNP Patriots * Lydia Richards, Councillor for the Bensonton Division in South East St Ann *

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, Former PNP General Secretary and Caretaker MP for Manchester Central *Lambert Weir, Councillor for the Claremont Division in South East St Ann

Lisa Hanna

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, PNP Vice President *

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, PNP Vice President *Mikael Phillips, PNP Vice President and MP for North West Manchester *

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, Former Opposition Senator, Caretaker for St. James West Central *Janice Allen, Opposition Senator *Donovan Mitchell, Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor for Royal Flat Division *Neville Wright, Councillor, Trench Town Division, St. Andrew South *Imani Duncan-Price, Caretaker MP for Kingston Central *Audrey Smith-Facey, Councillor for St. Andrew South Western *Dwayne Vaz, Former MP for Westmoreland Central, Chairman PNP Region 6 *Dennis Gordron, Councillor for Maxfield Park Division, St Andrew East Central *Oswest Senior-Smith, Caretaker MP for North Eastern St Catherine *Patrick Roberts, Councillor for Molynes Division, Caretaker for St. Andrew West Central *Alrick Campbell, Councillor for Edgewater Division, St. Catherine South Eastern *Michael Troupe, Councillor for Granville Division, St. James West Central * Donna Scott Mottley, Leader of Opposition business in the

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* Natalie Neita, MP for North Central St Catherine * Morais Guy, MP for Central St Mary *Kenord Grant, Councillor for Bridgeport Division, St. Catherine South East * Denise Daley, MP for East St Catherine * Valerie Neita Robertson, Caretaker MP for

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* Venesha Phillips, Councillor for the Papine Division

Opinion polling

Notes

References

External links

PNP's official website

Mark Golding's official websiteLisa Hanna's official website
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