Parliament of Jamaica

Parliament of Jamaica
Type
Type	Bicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Hon. Pearnel Charles, Sr., JLP Since 10 March 2016
Deputy Speaker	Mr. Franklyn Witter, JLP Since 10 March 2016
Structure
Seats	84
Senate political groups	Jamaica Labour Party (13)      People's National Party (8)
House of Representatives political groups	Jamaica Labour Party (32)      People's National Party (31)
Elections
Senate last election	25 February 2016
Meeting place
George William Gordon House, Kingston, Jamaica
Website
http://www.japarliament.gov.jm/

The Parliament of Jamaica is the legislative branch of the government of Jamaica. It is a bicameral body, composed of an appointed Senate and an elected House of Representatives.

The Senate (Upper House) – the direct successor of a pre-Independence body known as the "Legislative Council" – comprises 21 senators appointed by the governor-general: thirteen on the advice of the Prime Minister and eight on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.

The House of Representatives, the Lower House, is made up of 63 (previously 60) Members of Parliament, elected to five-year terms on a first-past-the-post basis in single-seat constituencies.

The Parliament meets at George William Gordon House at 81 Duke Street, Kingston.^[1] It was built in 1960 and named in memory of Jamaican patriot George William Gordon.^[2]

Inside the Parliament of Jamaica

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives is the Lower House. It is the group of elected members of parliament.

Jamaica Labour Party members

• Most Hon. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, St. Andrew West Central
• Hon. Pearnel Charles, Sr. Clarendon North Central - Speaker
• Hon. Derrick Smith, St. Andrew North Western - Leader of Government Business
• Most Hon. Juliet Holness, St. Andrew East Rural
• Mr. Franklyn Witter, St. Elizabeth South Eastern - Deputy Speaker
• Mrs. Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, Trelawny South
• Hon. Delroy Chuck, St. Andrew North Eastern
• Hon. Desmond McKenzie, Kingston Western
• Dr. The Hon. Christopher Tufton, St. Catherine West Central
• Hon. Audley Shaw, Manchester North Eastern
• Hon. Karl Samuda, St. Andrew North Central
• Dr. The Hon. Horace Chang, St. James North Western
• Hon. Olivia Grange, St. Catherine Central
• Mr. James Robertson, St. Thomas Western
• Hon. Rudyard Spencer, Clarendon South Eastern
• Hon. Lester Michael Henry, Clarendon Central
• Hon. Edmund Bartlett, St. James East Central
• Hon. Shahine Robinson, St. Ann North Eastern
• Hon. William James Charles Hutchinson, St. Elizabeth North Western
• Hon. Daryl Vaz, Portland Western
• Mr. Clifford Everald Warmington, St. Catherine South Western
• Mr. Leslie Campbell, St. Catherine North Eastern
• Dr. The Hon. Andrew Wheatley, St. Catherine South Central
• Mr. Dave Brown, Hanover Eastern
• Mrs. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, St. Andrew West Rural
• Hon. Fayval Williams, St. Andrew Eastern
• Hon. Robert Montague, St. Mary Western
• Mr. Zavia Mayne, St. Ann South Western
• Mr. Heroy Clarke, St. James Central
• Mrs. Marlene Malahoo Forte, St. James West Central
• Hon. Floyd Green, St. Elizabeth South Western
• Mr. Alando Terrelonge, St. Catherine East Central

People's National Party members

• The Most Hon. Opposition Leader Portia Simpson-Miller, St. Andrew South Western
• Mr. Phillip Paulwell, Kingston East and Port Royal - Leader of Opposition Business
• Mr. Noel Arscott, Clarendon South Western
• Mr. Luther Buchanan, Westmoreland Eastern
• Mr. Peter Bunting, Manchester Central
• Mr. Dwayne Vaz, Westmoreland Central
• Dr. Omar Davies, St. Andrew Southern
• Mr. Colin Fagan, St. Catherine South Eastern
• Dr. Fenton Ferguson, St. Thomas Eastern
• Dr. Morais Guy, St. Mary Central
• Ms. Lisa Hanna, St. Ann South Eastern
• Mr. Victor Wright Trelawny Northern
• Mr. Ian Hayles, Hanover Western
• Ms. Denise Daley, St. Catherine Eastern
• Mr. Julian Robinson, St. Andrew South Eastern
• Mr. G. Anthony Hylton, St. Andrew Western
• Mr. Fitz Jackson, St. Catherine Southern
• Mr. Derrick Kellier, St. James Southern
• Dr. Wykeham McNeill, Westmoreland Western
• Ms. Natalie Neita-Headley, St. Catherine North Central
• Mr. Mikael Phillips, Manchester North Western
• Mr. Michael Stewart, Manchester Southern
• Dr. Peter Phillips, St. Andrew East Central
• Mr. Robert Pickersgill, St. Catherine North Western
• Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield, Portland Eastern
• Mr. Evon Redman, St. Elizabeth North Eastern
• Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Kingston Central
• Mr. Richard Azan, Clarendon North Western
• Mr. Horace Dalley, Clarendon Northern
• Dr. Dayton Campbell, St. Ann North Western
• Dr. Winston Green, St. Mary South Eastern

Senate

The Senate is the Upper House. This is the list of senators:

1. Senator The Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson, QC – President
2. Senator Aubyn Hill - Deputy President
3. Senator The Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith - Leader of Government Business
4. Senator The Hon. Ruel Reid - Education and Information
5. Senator The Hon. Pearnel Patroe Charles, Jr
6. Senator Kavan Gayle
7. Senator Ransford Braham
8. Senator Don Wehby
9. Senator Charles Sinclair, Jr.
10. Senator Matthew Samuda
11. Senator Delroy Williams
12. Senator Kerensia Morrison
13. Senator Dr. Sapphire Longmore-Dropinski

Opposition

1. Senator Mark Golding - Leader of Opposition Business
2. Senator Keith D. Knight, QC
3. Senator Angela Brown-Burke
4. Senator Floyd Morris
5. Senator Sophia Frazer-Binns
6. Senator Lambert Brown
7. Senator Wentsworth Skeffery
8. Senator Noel Sloley

Current composition

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Jamaica Labour Party	437,178	49.5	32	+11
People's National Party	433,629	49.1	31	–11
Marcus Garvey People's Progressive Party	260	0.03	0	0
National Democratic Movement	223	0.03	0	0
People's Progressive Party	91	0.01	0	New
Independents A	212	0.01	0	0
Independents B	1,021	0.13	0	0
Invalid/Rejected Ballots	9,875	–	–	–
Total	882,489	100	63	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,824,412	48.37%	–	–
Source: Electoral Commission (100% of vote counted)

See also

• List of Presidents of the Jamaican Council
• List of Presidents of the Legislative Council of Jamaica
• List of Presidents of the Senate of Jamaica
• List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica
• Politics of Jamaica
• List of legislatures by country

References

1. "Contact Us". Japarliament.gov.jm. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
2. "History". Japarliament.gov.jm. Retrieved 2016-01-03.

External links

• Parliament of Jamaica