Trelawny Southern is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the
Jamaican Parliament
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The Se ...
. It elects one
Member of Parliament (MP)
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often ...
by the
first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
system of election. It was one of the 32 constituencies fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944.
The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016. The current MP is
Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert
Marisa Colleen Dalrymple-Philibert is a Jamaican attorney-at-law and politician, representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). She is the 15th and current Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Early life and education
Dalrymple-Philibert wa ...
, representing the
Jamaica Labour Party
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party (PNP). While its name might suggest that it is a social democratic party (as is the case for "Labour" parties in seve ...
, who has been in office since 2007.
Boundaries
The constituency covers four of the nine
electoral divisions in the parish of
Trelawny – Warsop to the west, Albert Town to the north, Ulster Spring to the north-east, and Lorrimers to the south.
Demographics
According to the Jamaica Population Census of 2011, the number of persons living in the constituency was 26,564, while the number of registered voters was 17,953.
[ As of the 2020 general election, the number of registered electors in the constituency was 19,716. This represents a 2.2% increase over the 19,289 voters registered for the 2016 general election.][
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Members of Parliament
1944 to Present
Elections
Elections from 2000 to Present
See also
* Politics of Jamaica
Politics in Jamaica takes place in the framework of a representative parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The 1962 Constitution of Jamaica established a parliamentary system whose political and legal traditions closely fol ...
* Elections in Jamaica
Elections in Jamaica provides information on elections and election results in Jamaica.
The Parliament of Jamaica has two chambers:
* The House of Representatives has 63 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies.
* The Se ...
References
Parliamentary constituencies of Jamaica
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