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The People's National Party (PNP) is a social democratic [7] [8] [9] political party in Jamaica, founded in 1938 by Norman Washington Manley who served as party president until his death in 1969. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] It holds 14 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives , [ 13 ] as 96 of the 227 local government divisions.
Jamaica has two traditional parties from the old colonial era: the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP). The United Independents' Congress of Jamaica (UIC) became the first new (post colonial) registered political party on December 7, 2019.
He was elected as Member of Parliament for South St Andrew in 2017 and is a member of the People's National Party (PNP). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On 7 November 2020, Mark Golding was elected as the 6th president of the PNP after polling 1740 delegate votes to defeat Lisa Hanna who polled 1440 in an election that saw 96% voter turnout amongst delegates in ...
3.1 Government – Jamaica Labour Party members. 3.2 Opposition – People's National Party members. 3.3 Independents. 4 References. Toggle the table of contents.
Name Party Year first elected Year left office 1: Iris Collins: JLP: 1944: 1949 2: Rose Leon: JLP: 1949: 1976 3: Iris King: PNP: 1959: 1967 4: Enid Bennett: JLP: 1967 ...
Holness was first elected to the Jamaican parliament in the 1997 general election as the member of parliament for Saint Andrew West Central, representing the JLP. The election in the constituency was, principally, between Holness and Warren Blake, representing the People's National Party (PNP). The initial result was very close, although by the ...
The party was founded on 8 July 1943 by Alexander Bustamante as the political wing of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union. Bustamante had previously been a member of the PNP. It won the 1944 general elections with 22 of the 32 seats. [20] It went on to win the 1949 elections with a reduced majority. The PNP received more votes (203,048) than ...
If Hanna was elected, she would have served as the second female President of a Jamaican political party and the second female Leader of the Opposition in Jamaican history. [2] [3] [4] The election was won by Former Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for St Andrew Southern and Attorney Mark Golding who secured 1,740 or 54.6% of the vote.