Portland Eastern Explained

Portland East is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election.

It is represented by Labour MP Ann-Marie Vaz.^[1] Vaz's husband Daryl Vaz is MP for Portland Western.^[2]

Members

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1997	Donald Rhodd	People's National Party
	2011	Lynvale Bloomfield	People's National Party	Died in office^[3]
	2019 by-election	Ann-Marie Vaz	Jamaica Labour Party
	2020

Boundaries

Encompasses the Portland communities of Fellowship, Port Antonio and Fairy Hill.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-09-12. Vaz sets 100-day priority list for Portland Eastern. 2020-09-15. jamaica-gleaner.com. en.
2. Web site: 2020-08-24. Daryl, Ann-Marie Vaz double-team Portland. 2020-09-15. jamaica-gleaner.com. en.
3. Web site: Greaves . Natalie . 2019-02-04 . Opposition legislator Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield murdered in Jamaica . 2022-02-20 . Caribbean News . en.