Queen's Square is an electoral

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in the

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represented in the

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of the

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since 2020 by Denise Barrow of the United Democratic Party. Her brother, former Prime Minister

Dean Barrow Dean Oliver Barrow, SC PC (born March 2, 1951) is a politician from Belize who served as prime minister of Belize from 2008 until 2020 and as leader of Belize's United Democratic Party. An attorney by profession, Barrow served as Belize's ...

, previously held the constituency from 1984 until he retired during the 2020 Belizean general election.

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The Queen's Square constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. It occupies a southern portion of central

Belize City Belize City is the largest city in Belize and was once the capital of the former British Honduras. According to the 2010 census, Belize City has a population of 57,169 people in 16,162 households. It is at the mouth of the Haulover Creek, wh ...

, bordering the

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and

Port Loyola Port Loyola is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Gilroy Usher of the People's United Party The People's United Party (PUP) is one o ...

constituencies.Belize election maps
Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014) A UDP stronghold, Queen's Square is the only constituency in the Belize District which has never been won by the

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Area Representatives

Elections

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Queen's Square (Belize House Constituency) Political divisions in Belize Queen's Square (Belize House constituency) Belizean House constituencies established in 1984