Hanover Eastern is a

parliamentary constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

represented in the House of Representatives of the

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. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the

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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 Dave Hume-Brown, representing the

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, who has been in office since 2016.

Boundaries

The constituency covers three electoral divisions – Sandy Bay, Hopewell, and Chester Castle.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

1944 to Present

Elections

Elections from 2000 to Present

See also

References