Cayo North East is an electoral
constituency
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in the
Cayo District represented in the
House of Representatives
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of the
National Assembly of Belize
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since 2015 by
Orlando Habet of the
People's United Party
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.
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Cayo North East includes the northern part of
San Ignacio, as well as the villages of
Santa Familia,
Spanish Lookout,
Billy White,
Esperanza
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,
Duck Run I,
Duck Run II, and
Duck Run III.
Along with
Belmopan
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, the Cayo North East constituency was created for the
2008 general election. In June 2014 San Ignacio mayor John August was named the UDP candidate for the
2015 general election, replacing embattled Area Representative
Elvin Penner, who was re-elected in 2012 by a razor-thin margin and faced a
recall
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drive shortly thereafter.
[Trujillo, Renee]
"Elvin Penner Stays As Area Representative; Recall Mechanism Fails"
, LOVE FM, 8 January 2014. (accessed 21 November 2014)[Jones, Patrick E]
"New standard bearer for the UDP in Cayo Northeast"
Breaking Belize News, 8 June 2014. (accessed 21 November 2014) The PUP nominated
Orlando Habet, who went on to win the election in November.
Area Representatives
Elections
References
Belizean House constituencies established in 2008
Political divisions in Belize
Cayo North East
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