Erwin Contreras

Erwin Contreras

Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Cayo West
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 August 1998
Preceded by	Amin Hegar
Personal details
Born	(1966-07-09) 9 July 1966 Benque Viejo del Carmen, British Honduras
Nationality	Belizean
Political party	United Democratic Party

Erwin Rafael "Winchi" Contreras (born 9 July 1966)^[1] is a Belizean politician and former footballer. From 2008 to 2012 he was the Minister of Economic Development, Commerce, Industry and Consumer Protection in Belize.^[2] After the 2012 election he was made Minister of Trade Investment, Private Sector Development and Consumer Protection. He was born in Benque Viejo del Carmen, Cayo District, Belize.

Contreras is currently second in the line of succession to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, behind Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega. He belongs to the United Democratic Party.

Contreras is a former member of the Belize national football team. He played in both of Belize's 1998 World Cup qualification games against Panama in 1996.^[1]

Electoral history

Contreras was first elected to the Belize House of Representatives in 1998, defeating Amin Hegar of the People's United Party by 10 votes. Bucking a national trend, Contreras was the only UDP candidate to defeat a PUP House incumbent in 1998 and one of only three UDP members elected nationwide that year.^[3] Contreras has won re-election with at least 54 percent of the vote in every election since.

References

1 2 FIFA Player Statistics: Erwin CONTRERAS - FIFA.com, FIFA. (accessed 19 November 2014)
↑ "New Belize PM names 16-member Cabinet". CANA News. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
↑ General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)

Current Members of the Belize House of Representatives

National Assembly (2012) Speaker: Michael Peyrefitte Prime Minister: Dean Barrow (UDP) Deputy Prime Minister: Gaspar Vega (UDP) Leader of the Opposition: Francis Fonseca (PUP)

Belize District	Albert: Herman R. Longsworth (UDP) Belize Rural Central: Dolores Balderamos-García (PUP) Belize Rural North: Edmond Castro (UDP) Belize Rural South: Manuel Heredia (UDP) Caribbean Shores: Santino Castillo (UDP) Collet: Patrick Faber (UDP) Fort George: Said Musa (PUP) Freetown: Francis Fonseca (PUP) Lake Independence: Mark King (UDP) Mesopotamia: Michael Finnegan (UDP) Pickstock: Wilfred Elrington (UDP) Port Loyola: Anthony Martinez (UDP) Queen's Square: Dean Barrow (UDP)

Cayo District	Belmopan: John Saldivar (UDP) Cayo Central: Rene Montero (UDP) Cayo North: Omar Figueroa (UDP) Cayo North East: Elvin Penner (UDP) Cayo South: Julius Espat (PUP) Cayo West: Erwin Contreras (UDP)

Corozal District	Corozal Bay: Pablo Marin (UDP) Corozal North: Hugo Amilcar Patt (UDP) Corozal South East: Florencio Julian Marin (PUP) Corozal South West: Ramiro Ramirez (PUP)

Orange Walk District	Orange Walk Central: Johnny Briceño (PUP) Orange Walk East: Marco Tulio Mendez (PUP) Orange Walk North: Gaspar Vega (UDP) Orange Walk South: Jose Abelardo Mai (PUP)

Stann Creek District	Dangriga: Frank Mena (UDP) Stann Creek West: Rodwell Ferguson (PUP)

Toledo District	Toledo East: Michael Espat (PUP) Toledo West: Oscar Requena (PUP)

UDP (19) PUP (12) National Assembly House of Representatives Senate

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