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General elections must be held within five years of the forming of a new government, however, a general election can be held early if the governing party advises the governor-general to do so, or if a majority of members of the House pass a no-confidence motion against the government.
The 1997 election was mainly free of violence [114] as compared to previous elections, [112] although it began with an incident where rival motorcades from the main parties were fired on. [109] The election was the first in Jamaica where a team of international election monitors attended. [109]
A record 197 candidates contested the election, [4] [5] with a new political party, the National Democratic Movement, standing in most of the seats. [6] The National Democratic Movement had been founded in 1995 by a former Labour Party chairman, Bruce Golding, [6] after a dispute over the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party. [7]
The Parliament of Jamaica (Jamaican Patois: Paaliment a Jumieka) is the legislative branch of the government of Jamaica. It consists of three elements: The Crown (represented by the Governor-General ), the appointed Senate and the directly elected House of Representatives .
On 15 March 1801, royal assent was given for establishing the city and parish of Kingston, Jamaica as a corporation, with a mayor, aldermen, and council (Geo. III c. 29 p. 144). The first election took place November 15, 1802. Below is a list of mayors of Kingston since 1802: [1] [2] John Jaques (1802–1809) George Kinghorne (1809–1823)
1890 – Chinese Benevolent Society founded. [17] 1891 Constant Spring Hotel in business (approximate date). [25] Population: 46,542. [21] Jamaica International Exhibition held. [10] 1892 - Electricity came to Jamaica. [26] 1894 – Montego Bay-Kingston railway begins operating. [17] 1897 – Victoria Park opens (approximate date). [citation ...
In the mid-16th century, the Company of Merchant Adventurers of York owned a house on Marketshire, a street which was becoming known as Pavement. They let out the house to Christopher Herbert, a merchant who later became Lord Mayor of York. He purchased the property in 1557, and later passed it on to his son, Thomas, who acquired properties ...
Jamaica is an upper-middle-income country [15] with an economy heavily dependent on tourism; it has an average of 4.3 million tourists a year. [20] Jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, with power vested in the bicameral Parliament of Jamaica, consisting of an appointed Senate and a directly elected House of Representatives. [9]