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CONSTITUENCY
PROFILE: ST. ANN SOUTH EASTERN
PNP will dominate
By Anthony Myers
Contributor
The
PNP`s dominance of St. Ann South-Eastern will continue in
the upcoming
general election.
In
1959, as a result of an advancement in the constitution, 45
constituencies were provided for Jamaica, an increase of 13
over the 32
which had been fixed from 1944.
The
parish of St. Ann got two additional constituencies. The boundaries
were redrawn (realigned) and new constituencies were created,
namely - St.
Ann South- Eastern, St. Ann North-Western, St. Ann North-Eastern
and St.
Ann South-Western.
The
constituency of St. Ann South-Eastern is bounded by the following:
From
a point where the Johns Vale Forest Reserve Boundary touches
the St.
Catherine parish boundary, easterly along the parish boundary
to the St.
Mary parish boundary. It then goes along the St. Mary parish
boundary to a
point where the parochial road leading to the JPS station
touches the
parish boundary, along this parochial road to the White River/Lodge
main
road, then easterly along this main road to the township of
Lodge. From
there it then goes southerly along a parochial road leading
from Lodge
through Mile End and Union Pen to the Goshen/Hopewell main
road. It then
travels westerly along this main road to Orange Park where
it meets
parochial road No. 14 from Islington, westerly along this
parochial road to
its junction with the Drax Hall/Golden Grove main road. Then
it goes
northerly along this main road to Trafalgar, then westerly
along the
Trafalgar/Green Park Road to its junction with the Claremont/Bamboo
main
road. It then goes along this main road to the Great Interior
Road,
southerly along this road to Tawes Road, along Tawes Road
to its junction
with the parochial road from Woodstock. Then it goes along
the Woodstock
parochial road to the southern boundary of Frenchland, then
along this
boundary to Parochial Road No. 133, along this parochial road
to a
parochial road leading to Welcome. From there it continues
along this
parochial road to parochial road No. 140, easterly along parochial
road No.
140 to its junction with parochial road No. 181. It then goes
southerly
along parochial road No. 181 to the Johns Vale Forest Reserve
boundary and
along this boundary to the starting point at the St. Catherine
parish
boundary.
All
nine contested Parliamentary General Elections (1959-1997)
in St. Ann
South-Eastern were won by the PNP. When the constituency was
created in
1959, Dr. Ivan Lloyd polled 7,334 votes to the JLP`s Flavius
McKinley`s
1,584 a majority of 5,750. Dr. Ivan Lloyd, who won the Eastern
St. Ann
constituency in 1944, 1949, 1955 defeating his opponents by
wide margins,
continued his dominance in the St. Ann South-Eastern constituency
winning
in 1962 and 1967 until he resigned from the House of Representatives
in
1969.
Consequent
on the resignation, a by-election was announced for March
17,
1969 to fill the vacancy. The two candidates were Seymour
St. Edward
Mullings (PNP), and interestingly, Garland A. S. Lloyd (JLP).
So after 25
years of PNP control under the stewardship of Dr. Ivan Lloyd,
in the
constituencies of St. Ann Eastern and South-Eastern, his son
Garland Lloyd
ran for the JLP owing to irreconcilable differences between
the Lloyd
family and the PNP. Young Lloyd was devastated at the polls,
as Seymour
Mullings polled 5,632 votes to Lloyd`s 2,488, a majority of
3,144.
With
the exception of 1980, when he polled 6,067 votes to the JLP`s
O.L.
Goldsmith`s 5,506, a majority of 561, Seymour Mullings (PNP),
completely
demolished his opponents winning by very wide margins. In
1972, 1976, 1989,
1993 and 1997 he had majorities of 5,107, 5,445, 5,766, 5,250,
5,713
respectively. It is interesting to note that his victory margin
in 1997 was
the second highest in spite of his opponent Richard Toyloy
being the nephew
of Felix D. Toyloy who had successfully represented the JLP
In Southern
Trelawny - 1949, 1955 and 1962.
With
the departure of this most revered and loved son of South-East
St. Ann
from the political arena, and his replacement no less formidable,
the PNP`s
dominance should continue unabated. The JLP, for the 11th
time, filling the
runner-up spot.
GENERAL
ELECTION (PARLIAMENTARY) PROJECTION 2002
|
2002
|
|
| E/L |
17,682 |
| A/B |
12,554
(71.0%) |
| PNP |
6,963
(63.9%) |
| JLP |
3,935
(36.1%) |
| MAJ.
(PNP) over JLP |
3,028 |
GENERAL
ELECTIONS (SUMMARY) 1959-1997
|
1959
|
|
| E/L |
15,674 |
| B/C |
9,027 |
| A/B |
8,91 |
| Dr.
Ivan Lloyd PNP |
7,334 |
| Flavius
McKinley, JLP |
1,584 |
|
1962
|
|
| E/L |
14,192 |
| B/C |
9,287 |
| A/B |
9,208 |
| R/B |
79 |
| Allan
Cameron James, JLP |
2,124 |
| Dr.
Ivan Lloyd, PNP |
7,084 |
|
1967
|
|
| E/L |
11,106 |
| B/C |
8,488 |
| A/B |
8,412 |
| R/B |
76 |
| Cyril
Vincent Atkinson, JLP |
2,070 |
| Dr.
Ivan Lloyd, PNP |
6,342 |
|
1972
|
|
| E/L |
12,130 |
| B/C |
9,525 |
| A/B |
9,125 |
| R/B |
400 |
| Cyril
Vincent Atkinson, JLP |
2,009 |
| Seymour
St. E. Mullings, PNP |
7,116 |
|
1976
|
|
| E/L |
13,287 |
| B/C |
10,833 |
| A/B |
10,779 |
| R/B |
54 |
| Hamilton
Gill, JLP |
2,667 |
| Seymour
St. E. Mullings, PNP |
8,112 |
|
1980
|
|
| E/L |
13,949 |
| B/C |
11,641 |
| A/B |
11,573 |
| R/B |
68 |
| O.L.
Goldsmith, JLP |
5,506 |
| Seymour
St. E. Mullings, PNP |
6,067 |
|
1983
|
|
| E/L |
13,954 |
| B/C
|
3,472 |
| A/B |
3,448 |
| R/B |
24 |
| Patricia
Pink, JLP |
3,185 |
| Charles
Johnson, JUF |
144 |
| Hugh
Cammock, IND. |
119 |
|
1989
|
|
| E/L |
16,326 |
| B/C
|
12,409 |
| A/B |
12,346 |
| R/B |
63 |
| Kern
Christian, JLP |
3,290 |
| Seymour
St. E. Mullings, PNP |
9,056 |
|
1993
|
|
| E/L |
15,575 |
| B/C |
9,210 |
| A/B |
9,142 |
| R/B |
68 |
| Harry
B. Douglas, JLP |
1,946 |
| Seymour
St. E. Mullings, PNP |
7,196 |
|
1997
|
|
| E/L |
17,314 |
| B/C |
11,613
(67.1%) |
| A/B |
11,520
(99.2%) |
| R/B |
93
( 0.8%) |
| Seymour
Mullings, PNP |
8,472
(73.5%) |
| Richard
H. Toyloy, JLP |
2,759
(24.0%) |
| Harry
Blake Douglas, NDM |
258
( 2.2%) |
| Laura
Francis Cooper, IND. |
31
( 0.3%) |
|
Note
|
|
| E/L: |
Electors
on List |
| B/C: |
Ballots
Cast |
| A/B: |
Accepted
Ballots |
| R/B: |
Rejected
Ballots |
Anthony
Myers is a statistician and political analyst who has done work
for
the Electoral Office of Jamaica and for the People`s National
Party.
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