Christ Church East Central (BB Parliament constituency)

Christ Church East Central is a constituency in the Christ Church area of Barbados represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament since 2003 by Ronald Jones MP of the DLP.^{[n 1]}

Since its founding in 1981 it has been a marginal constituency between the BLP and the DLP.

Boundaries

From the junction of the ABC Highway with Highway R (the Upton-Kent Road) along the middle of the ABC Highway in a southerly then easterly direction to its junction with highway 6; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Highway 6 to its junction with the Bannatyne-Kingsland Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the Bannatyiie-Kingsland Road to the Kingsland-Gall Hill Road; thence in a south-easterly direction along the middle of the Kingsland-Gall Hill Road to its junction with Water Street; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Water Street to its junction with Highway T (the Lodge Road-Oistins Hill Road); thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Highway T to its junction with Church Hill Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Church Hill Road to its junction with Windy Ridge Road; thence in a south easterly direction along the middle of Windy Ridge Road to its junction with Highway 7 (the Airport-Oistins Road) at Thornbury Hill; thence in a northeasterly direction along the middle of Highway 7 to its junction with Highway S (the Providence-Balls Road); thence in a northerly direction along the middle of Highway S to its junction with the ABC Highway: thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of the ABC Highway to its junction with Highway 6 (the Balls-St Patrick Road) at the Henry Forde Round-a-bout; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Highway 6 (the Balls-St Patrick Road) to its junction with Highway Q (the Balls-Lower Greys Road); thence in a north easterly direction along the middle of Highway Q to its junction with Highway R (the Pilgrim Place-St. Davids Road); thence along the middle of Highway R to its junction with an unclassified road west of Edeys Village leading to Small Ridge and Bannatyne Gardens; thence in a southerly, easterly then southerly direction along the middle of the said unclassified road to where it meets the Bannatyne Gardens Road; thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of the Bannatyne Gardens Road to its junction with Highway V (the Bannatyne-St Davids Road); thence in a north-westerly direction along the middle of Highway V to its junction with Highway R; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Highway R to its junction with the ABC Highway (the starting point).

History

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1981	Harold Bernard St. John	BLP
	1986	Robert Morris	DLP
	1991	Robert Morris	DLP
	1994	Duncan Carter	BLP
	1999	Duncan Carter	BLP
	2003	Ronald D. Jones	DLP
	2008	Ronald D. Jones	DLP
	2013	Next	Next

Notes

1. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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