Westmoreland Eastern
Westmoreland Eastern is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency consists of the eastern part of Westmoreland Parish. It is represented by Jamaica Labour Party 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 * Esme Grant (1967 to 1972) * Jim Thompson (1972 to ?) * Headly Cunningham (1989 to 1993) Westmoreland South Eastern * P. J. Patterson (by-election of 1970 to 1980) * Euphemia Williams (1980 to 1989) * P. J. Patterson (1989 to 1993) Westmoreland Eastern * P. J. Patterson (1993 to 2006) * Luther Buchanan (People's National Party The P ...
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Jamaica Constituency Map (2011-2016)
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some to the north-west. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers. The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered it, renaming it ''Jamaica''. Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the African slaves and later their descendants ...
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Esme Grant
Esme Melbro Grant (née Muir; 20 September 1920 – 25 August 1987) was a Jamaican politician. She was one of the first women elected to the Parliament of Jamaica. Political career She was JLP candidate for Westmoreland Central in the 1962 Jamaican general election. She impressed the party leader that she was made the first female parliamentary secretary of independent Jamaica — working at the education ministry. In the 1967 general election she was elected in Westmoreland North Eastern but lost to Jim Thompson in the 1972 general election. She was acting Minister of Labour and National Insurance in the 1970s. She resigned from the Senate of Jamaica The Parliament of Jamaica is the legislative branch of the government of Jamaica. It consists of three elements: The Crown (represented by the Governor-General), the appointed Senate and the directly elected House of Representatives. The Se ... in 1976. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Esme 1920 births 1987 deaths ...
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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 Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency consists of the eastern ... in a 2006 by-election following the departure of former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson. He subsequently held the position of State Minister overseeing special projects and rural development within the Prime Minister's Office. In September 2022, Buchanan resigned as the chairman of the People's National Party (PNP) in Westmoreland Eastern. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Buchanan, Luther Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Jamaican politicians People's National Party (Jamaica) politicians Members of ...
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Euphemia Williams
Euphemia ( el, Εὐφημία; "well-spoken f), known as the All-praised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was a virgin, who was martyred for her faith at Chalcedon in 303 AD. According to tradition, Euphemia was arrested for refusing to offer sacrifices to Ares. After suffering various tortures, she died in the arena at Chalcedon from a wound sustained from a bear. Her tomb became a site of pilgrimages. She is commemorated on September 16. Historical background Euphemia's name and year of death are recorded in the 5th century '' Martyrologium Hieronymianum'', the earliest extant list of Christian martyrs. The year, 303, was the first year of the Great Persecution under Roman emperor Diocletian. The '' Fasti vindobonenses'', a collection of liturgical documents from the 4th to 6th centuries, says she died on the 16th of October. Other than this, there is no verifiable historical information about Euphemia. Egeria, who made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 381-384 and w ...
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Headly Cunningham
Headley Washington Cunningham, (12 October 192922 September 2018) was a Jamaican politician. A member of the People's National Party, he was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1989 to 1993. Early life Cunningham was born on 12 October 1929 in Darliston, Westermoreland, Jamaica, the youngest of three children to Frank and Estella (''née'' Maxwell). He was educated at Cornwall College in Montego Bay, St James, after which he found employment as an accountant at the Kingston-based Public Works Department. Cunningham subsequently left for England to study law. Career Returning from England, Cunningham became president of the Cornwall Bar Association. He entered electoral politics in 1989, when he was elected as a member of parliament. From 1989 to 1993, he was Speaker of the House of Representatives. From 1992 to 1993, he sat on the executive committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, of which he was vice-chairperson. In 1998, Cunningham became a member o ...
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Jim Thompson (Jamaican Politician)
James, Jim, Jimmy or Jamie Thompson may refer to: Arts and sciences * James Thompson (cartographer) (active 1785), who produced one of the first maps of York * James Thompson (surveyor) (1789–1872), who produced the first plat of Chicago * James Thompson (journalist) (1817–1877), journalist and local historian * James Maurice Thompson (1844–1901), American novelist * Uncle Jimmy Thompson (1848–1931), country music pioneer * James Westfall Thompson (1869–1941), American historian * James Matthew Thompson (1878–1956), English historian and theologian * Jim Thompson (writer) (1906–1977), American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction * Jimmy Thompson (comics artist) (1907–1949), Canadian artist in the Golden Age of Comics * James D. Thompson (1920–1973), American sociologist, author of ''Organizations in Action'' * Jimmy Thompson (actor) (1925–2005), British actor * Jimmy Thompson, American film actor known for roles in ''Singin' in the Rain' ...
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1972 Jamaican General Election
General elections were held in Jamaica on 29 February 1972.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p430 The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 37 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 78.9%. Results References {{Jamaican elections 1972 in Jamaica Elections in Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ...

1967 Jamaican General Election
General elections were held in Jamaica on 21 February 1967.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p430 The result was a victory for the Jamaica Labour Party, which won 33 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 82.2%. Results References {{Jamaican elections 1967 in Jamaica Elections in Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ...

1993 Jamaican General Election
General elections were held in Jamaica on 30 March 1993.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p430 The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 52 of the 60 seats. Voter turnout was 67.4%. Results References {{Jamaican elections 1993 in Jamaica Elections in Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ...

Constituencies Of Jamaica
Jamaica's fourteen parishes are subdivided into sixty-three constituencies. The country follows the Westminster system and elects sixty-three Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Jamaica House of Representatives. Constituencies and MPs as of 2019 The following is the list of constituencies as at April 2019, and the MP elected in each constituency. {{Jamaica constituencies Administrative divisions in North America Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ... Jamaica politics-related lists ...
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1989 Jamaican General Election
General elections were held in Jamaica on 9 February 1989. The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 45 of the 60 seats. Voter turnout was 78.4%. They were the first seriously contested elections since 1980, as the PNP had boycotted the 1983 Jamaican general election, 1983 snap elections to protest the refusal of the ruling Jamaican Labour Party to update the electoral roll amid allegations of voter fraud. Prime Minister Edward Seaga announced the election date on 15 January at a rally in Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, with the emergency conditions caused by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 forcing an extension of the parliamentary term beyond its normal five-year mandate. Campaign The election date and tone of the election were shaped in part by Hurricane Gilbert, which made landfall in September 1988 and decimated the island. The hurricane caused almost $1 billion worth of damage to the island, with banana and coffee crops wiped out and thousands of homes destr ...
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Daniel Lawrence (politician)
Daniel Lawrence is a Jamaican politician from the Labour Party. References Living people People from Westmoreland Parish 21st-century Jamaican politicians Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica Jamaica Labour Party politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the 14th Parliament of Jamaica {{Jamaica-politician-stub ...
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