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Parliament of Jamaica

Type
Type

Bicameral

Leadership
Speaker

Michael Peart, PNP

Since 17 January 2012

Deputy Speaker

Lloyd B. Smith, PNP

Since 17 January 2012

Structure
Seats

Senate political groups

84

People's National
Party (13)

Jamaica Labour
Party (8)

House of Representatives
political groups

People's National
Party (42)

Jamaica Labour
Party (21)

Elections
Senate last election

29 December 2011

Meeting place
George William Gordon House, Kingston, Jamaica
Website
http://www.japarliament.gov.jm/
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The Parliament of Jamaica is the legislative branch of the government of Jamaica. It is a bicameral body,
composed of an appointed Senate and an elected House of Representatives.
The Senate (Upper House) the direct successor of a pre-Independence body known as the "Legislative
Council" comprises 21 senators appointed by the governor-general: thirteen on the advice of the
Prime Minister and eight on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.
The House of Representatives, the Lower House, is made up of 63 (previously 60) Members of
Parliament, elected to five-year terms on a first-past-the-post basis in single-seat constituencies.
The Parliament meets at George William Gordon House at 81 Duke Street, Kingston.[1] It was built in
1960 and named in memory of Jamaican patriot George William Gordon.[2]

Inside the Parliament of Jamaica

Contents

1 House of Representatives
o

1.1 People's National Party members

1.2 Jamaica Labour Party members

2 Senate

3 Current composition

4 See also

5 References

6 External links

House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is the Lower House. It is the group of elected members of parliament.
People's National Party members

The Most Hon. Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller, St. Andrew South Western

Hon. Noel Arscott, Clarendon South Western

Hon. Luther Buchanan, Westmoreland Eastern

Hon. Peter Bunting, Manchester Central

Mr.. Dwayne Vaz, Westmoreland Central

Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, St. Andrew Southern

Hon. Colin Fagan, St. Catherine South Eastern

Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, St. Thomas Eastern

Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, St. Mary Central

Hon. Lisa Hanna, St. Ann South Eastern

Hon. Patrick Atkinson Trelawny Northern

Hon. Ian Hayles, Hanover Western

Ms. Denise Daley, St. Catherine Eastern

Hon. Julian Robinson, St. Andrew South Eastern

Hon. G. Anthony Hylton, St. Andrew Western

Mr. Fitz Jackson, St. Catherine Southern

Hon. Derrick Kellier, St. James Southern

Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, Westmoreland Western

Hon. Natalie Neita-Headley, St. Catherine North Central

Hon. Phillip Paulwell, Kingston East and Port Royal

Mr. Mikael Phillips, Manchester North Western

Hon. Michael Peart, Manchester Southern

Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, St. Andrew East Central

Hon. Robert Pickersgill, St. Catherine North Western

Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield, Portland Eastern

Mr. Raymond Pryce, St. Elizabeth North Eastern

Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Kingston Central

Mr. Donald Keith Duncan, Hanover Eastern

Hon. Arnoldo Brown, St. Catherine East Central

Mr. Loyd B. Smith, St. James Central

Mr. Paul Buchanan, St. Andrew West Rural

Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abraham, St. James West Central

Mr. Hugh Buchanan, St. Elizabeth South Western

Mr. Richard Azan, Clarendon North Western

Mr. Joylan Silvera, St. Mary Western

Hon. Damion Crawford, St. Andrew East Rural

Hon. Horace Dalley, Clarendon Northern

Mr. Mr. Andre Hylton

Dr. Dayton Campbell, St. Ann North Western

Dr. Winston Green, St. Mary South Eastern

Mr. Keith Walford, St. Ann South Western

Mr. Richard Parchment, St. Elizabeth South Eastern

Jamaica Labour Party members

Mr. Andrew Holness, St. Andrew West Central

Mr. Delroy Chuck, St. Andrew North Eastern

Mr. Desmond McKenzie, Kingston Western

Mr. Derrick Smith, St. Andrew North Western

Dr. Kenneth Baugh, St. Catherine West Central

Mr. Audley Shaw, Manchester North Eastern

Mr. Karl Samuda, St. Andrew North Central

Mr. Pearnel Charles Clarendon North Central

Dr. Horace Chang, St. James North Western

Ms. Olivia Grange, St. Catherine Central

Mr. James Robertson, St. Thomas Western

Mr. Rudyard Spencer, Clarendon South Eastern

Mr. Lester Michael Henry, Clarendon Central

Mr. Edmund Bartlett, St. James East Central

Mr. Clifford Everald Warmington, St. Catherine South Western

Mrs. Shahine Robinson, St. Ann North Eastern

Mr. William James Charles Hutchinson, St. Elizabeth North Western

Mr. Daryl Vaz, Portland Western

Mrs. Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, Trelawny South

Mr. Desmond Gregory Mair, St. Catherine North Eastern

Dr. Andrew Wheatley, St. Catherine South Central

Senate
The Senate is the Upper House. This is the list of senators:
1. Senator the Hon. Floyd Morris President
2. Senator Angela Brown-Burke Deputy President
3. Senator the Hon. Arnold Joseph Nicholson, QC Leader of Government Business
4. Senator the Hon. Mark Golding
5. Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer
6. Senator Keith Desmond Knight, QC
7. Senator Imani Duncan-Price
8. Senator Lambert Brown
9. Senator Norman Grant
10. Senator Wensworth Skeffery
11. Senator Noel Sloley
12. Senator Navel Clarke
13. Senator Sophia Fraser-Binns
Opposition
1. Senator Robert Montague
2. Senator Kavan Gayle
3. Senator Thomas Tavares-Finson
4. Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte
5. Senator Kamina Johnson-Smith
6. Senator Alexander Williams
7. Senator Arthur Williams
8. Senator Dr. Christopher Tufton
Current composition

e d Summary of the 29 December 2011 Jamaican House of Representatives election results

Parties

Votes

People's National Party

464.064 52.96 +3.7 42

+14

Jamaica Labour Party

405,920 46.32 3.7 21

11

Marcus Garvey People's Progressive Party

420

0.05

National Democratic Movement

263

0.03

Independents

228

0.03

Jamaica Alliance Movement

57

0.01

63

+3

Invalid/blank votes
Total (turnout 53.17%)
Source: Electoral Commission of Jamaica
See also

List of Presidents of the Jamaican Council

List of Presidents of the Legislative Council of Jamaica

List of Presidents of the Senate of Jamaica

List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica

Politics of Jamaica

List of legislatures by country

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