Westmoreland Eastern is a

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represented in the

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of the

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. It elects one

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by the

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system of election. The constituency consists of the eastern part of

Westmoreland Parish Westmoreland is the westernmost parish in Jamaica, located on the south side of the island. It is situated south of Hanover, southwest of Saint James, and northwest of Saint Elizabeth, in the county of Cornwall. The chief town and capital is ...

. It is represented by

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MP Daniel Lawrence. In the 1989 general election, the constituency was covered by Westmoreland North Eastern and Westmoreland South Eastern. The two seats were then merged together in the 1993 general election.

Members

Its most prominent MP was former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson.

Westmoreland North Eastern

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(

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) * Jim Thompson (

to ?) *

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(1989 to 1993)

Westmoreland South Eastern

* P. J. Patterson (by-election of 1970 to 1980) *

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(1980 to 1989) * P. J. Patterson (1989 to 1993)

Westmoreland Eastern

* P. J. Patterson (1993 to 2006) *

Luther Buchanan Luther Buchanan is a Jamaican politician from the People's National Party and former state minister. Career Buchanan assumed the role of MP for Westmoreland Eastern Westmoreland Eastern is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of ...

(

People's National Party The People's National Party (PNP) is a Social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Jamaica, political party in Jamaica, founded in 1938 by independence campaigner Osmond Theodore Fairclough. It holds 14 of the 63 seats in ...

) (2006 to 2020) * Daniel Lawrence (2020 to present)

References

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