Manchester North Eastern (Jamaica Parliament Constituency)
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Manchester North Eastern is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the
Jamaican Parliament The Parliament of Jamaica () is the legislative branch of the government of Jamaica. Officially, they are known as the Houses of Parliament. It consists of three elements: The Crown (represented by the Governor-General), the appointed Senate ...
. Located in
Manchester Parish The Parish of Manchester () is a Parishes of Jamaica, parish located in west-central Jamaica, in the county of Middlesex. Its Capital (political), capital, Mandeville, Jamaica, Mandeville, is a major business centre. Its St. Paul of the Cross ...
, the constituency was created in 1966. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first past the post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...
system of election. The current MP is
Audley Shaw Audley Shaw CD MP (born 13 June 1952) is a Jamaican politician. He currently serves as Minister of Transport & Mining since January 2022. Prior to this appointment he served as the Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce from September ...
.


Electoral Divisions

Manchester North Eastern consists of three divisions: Christiana, Craighead, and Walderston.


Members of Parliament


References

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