Portland Eastern election history
THE constituency of Portland Eastern extends from a point where the Guava River crosses the St Thomas/Portland parish boundary at Macuna Hill, easterly along the St Thomas/Portland parish boundary to the sea coast to the mouth of the Rio Grande at St Margaret’s Bay and along the Rio Grande to where it meets the Guava River. It then goes along the Guava River back to the starting point at the Portland/St Thomas boundary.
Portland Eastern featured in all of the 16 contested parliamentary General Elections: the PNP won 11 times to the JLP’s three, and independent candidates twice.
The PNP’s victories were in 1959, 1967, 1972, 1976, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2016.
The JLP won in 1955, 1962 and 1980.
The 1983 General Election was not contested by the PNP and Gerald A Tucker (JLP) was elected unopposed.
1944 ELECTORAL LIST 19,112
Harold E Allan, IND 7,542
T Adrian Gray, IND 4,067
1949 ELECTORAL LIST 19,977
Sir Harold E Allan, IND 8,714
L E Dillon, PNP 4,308
Edgar A Hall, IND 1,767
1955 ELECTORAL LIST 20,248
T Adrian Gray, PNP 6,378
Kenneth A Jones, JLP 8,577
1959 ELECTORAL LIST 21,270
Kenneth A Jones, JLP 6,899
Kenneth G Wright, PNP 7,459
1962 ELECTORAL LIST 19,132
Kenneth A Jones, JLP 8,105
Kenneth G Wright, PNP 6,375
1967 ELECTORAL LIST 15,356
Clement T Afflick, JLP 6,462
Kenneth G Wright, PNP 6,530
1972 ELECTORAL LIST 16,438
Lascelles B Tucker, JLP 5,869
Kenneth G Wright, PNP 7,164
1976 ELECTORAL LIST 19,834
Anthony Abrahams, JLP 7,433
Keith Rhodd, PNP 9,292
1980 ELECTORAL LIST 20,981
Anthony Abrahams, JLP 10,196
Keith Rhodd, PNP 7,827
Mable Phillips, IND 93
1983 ELECTORAL LIST 20,981
Gerald Tucker, JLP (unopposed)
1989 ELECTORAL LIST 20,644
Headley S Lawrence, PNP 8,799
Dennis M Wright, JLP 6,426
1993 ELECTORAL LIST 18,442
Headley S Lawrence, PNP 5,300
Percival Latouche, JLP 3,778
Lawrence L Robertson 1,387
1997 ELECTORAL LIST 21,811
Donald Rhodd, PNP 7,737
Samuel Roberts, JLP 4,438
Mernell Green-Lindner, NDM 213
Pervical Latouche, IND 173
2002 ELECTORAL LIST 23,232
Dennis Minott JLP 5,781
Donald Rhodd, PNP 8,082
Votes cast 13,933 (57.5%)
2007 ELECTORAL LIST 25,910
Donald Rhodd, PNP 8,236
Dennis Wright, JLP 7,441
Votes cast 15,757 (60.81%)
2011 ELECTORAL LIST 31,810
Lynvale Bloomfield, PNP 9,316
Patrick Lee, JLP 8,070
Votes cast 17,469 (54.92%)
2016 ELECTORAL LIST 34,396
Lynvale Bloomfield, PNP 8,606
Dennis Minott, IND 67
Derron Wood, JLP 6,330
Votes cast 15,110 (43.93%)