General elections were held in Jamaica on 12 December 1944. The result was a victory for the Jamaica Labour Party, which won 22 of the 32 seats. This was...
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General elections were held in Jamaica on Thursday, 3 September 2020 to elect 63 members of Parliament. As the constitution stipulates a five-year parliamentary...
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The 1944 Alberta general election was held on August 8, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. As well, in late 1944 and early...
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World War II, Jamaican leaders developed the government structure to prepare for independence. In 1962, Bustamante’s party won the election and he became...
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General elections were held in Jamaica on 28 July 1959. The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 29 of the 45 seats. Voter turnout...
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first contested the 1944 election. Though the years are fixed due to the five-year term of the prime minister, the date of the election is traditionally...
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The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka Lieba Paati) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's...
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In June 2022, the Jamaican government announced its intention that Jamaica become a republic by the time of the next general election in 2025. The process...
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General elections were held in Jamaica on 20 December 1949. Although the People's National Party received more votes, the Jamaica Labour Party won a majority...
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every election from 1944 to 1967. Their efforts resulted in the New Constitution of 1944, granting full adult suffrage. In the 1955 Jamaican general election...
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current Jamaican monarch and head of state, since 8 September 2022, is King Charles III. As sovereign, he is the personal embodiment of the Jamaican Crown...
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Alexander Bustamante (category Use Jamaican English from March 2012)
(founded in 1938 by his first cousin Norman Manley). In the 1944 Jamaican general election, Bustamante's party won 22 of 32 seats in the first House of...
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officials and the Jamaican upper class was reinforced in London, where the West India Committee lobbied for Jamaican interests. Jamaica's white or near-white...
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established themselves as Jamaica's main rival political parties coming out of the recent Caribbean labour unrest. After the election of 1944 violence became a...
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1992–2002. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers. "Jamaican general election results 3 September 2007". Caribbean Elections: Jamaican Election Centre. Archived...
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Norman Manley (category Use Jamaican English from March 2012)
September 1969) was a Jamaican statesman who served as the first and only Premier of Jamaica. A Rhodes Scholar, Manley became one of Jamaica's leading lawyers...
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People's National Party (redirect from Jamaican People's National Party)
elections held in Jamaica in 1944, winning only four of the 32 seats (one elected independent joined the party afterwards). The 1949 Jamaican general...
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California Attorney General election was held on November 2, 2010, to choose the Attorney General of California. The primary election was held on June 8...
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Roy Lindo (category Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica)
Council (MLC) for St Mary (1942–1944) and one of the five Independents who were successful in 1944 Jamaican general election, where he defeated the PNP's...
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Texas. 25 February – Jamaican general election, 2016: Voters in Jamaica go to the polls for a general election, with the Jamaican Labour Party, led by...
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1962 Jamaican general election, the JLP won 26 seats and the PNP 19. The voter turnout was 72.9%. This resulted in the independence of Jamaica on 6 August...
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British Jamaicans (or Jamaican British people) are British people who were born in Jamaica or who are of Jamaican descent. The community is well into...
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Florizel Glasspole (category Governors-General of Jamaica)
March 2015. "Election Results (1944-2016)" (PDF). National Library of Jamaica. Retrieved 24 August 2020. "Florizel Augustus Glasspole". Jamaica Information...
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vote in elections to the Assembly, though they had to own property, so the white planters continued to dominate it. Jamaican general elections, 1677–1863...
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Representatives of Jamaica from 1944 to present. Women in the House of Representatives of Jamaica "Members of Parliament (Election Results from 1944-2016)" (PDF)...
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The 2016 Jamaican local elections were held on November 28, 2016. "Jamaica Labour Party Wins Local Government Elections – Jamaica Information Service"...
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Landslide victory (redirect from Landslide election)
this election. 2011 Jamaican general election – The People's National Party (PNP) led by Portia Simpson-Miller secured 42 seats to 21 for the Jamaica Labour...
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Donald Sangster (category Use Jamaican English from March 2012)
Alexander Bustamante became ill. On 21 February, in the 1967 Jamaican general election, the JLP were victorious again, winning 33 out of 53 seats, with...
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constituency during the 1989 general election, representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). He lost the seat in the next 1993 general election to Jepthah Ford of...
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"A lesson in succession planning". Jamaica Observer. "The Architects of the Jamaican Constitution" (PDF). Jamaica Information Service. Green, Patrick...
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