Queen's Square (Belize House constituency)

Queen's Square
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives
District	Belize
Electorate	3,960 (2012)
Major settlements	Belize City (part)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	United Democratic Party
Area Representative	Dean Barrow

Queen's Square is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 1984 by Dean Barrow of the United Democratic Party. Barrow has served as UDP leader since 1998 and Prime Minister of Belize since 2008.

Profile

The Queen's Square constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. It occupies a southern portion of central Belize City, bordering the Collet, Mesopotamia and Port Loyola constituencies.^[1] A UDP stronghold, Queen's Square is the only constituency in the Belize District which has never been won by the People's United Party. Barrow has been the only Area Representative elected from the constituency since its creation.

Area Representatives

Election		Area Representative[2]	Party
	1984	Dean Barrow	UDP

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
2012 general election [3] Electorate: 3,960 Turnout: 2,577 (65.08%) −3.94		UDP hold Majority: 1,549 (60.11%) +7.54		Dean Barrow	UDP	2,039	79.12	+3.02
				Anthony Glenford Sylvestre	PUP	490	19.01	−4.52
2008 general election [4] Electorate: 3,977 Turnout: 2,745 (69.02%) −11.76		UDP hold Majority: 1,443 (52.57%) +41.07		Dean Barrow	UDP	2,089	76.10	+20.74
				Anthony Sylvestre Jr.	PUP	646	23.53	−20.33
				Ebony Babb	NRTCP	10	0.36	-
2003 general election [5] Electorate: 2,690 Turnout: 2,173 (80.78%) −9.4		UDP hold Majority: 250 (11.5%) +8.76		Dean Barrow	UDP	1,203	55.36	+4.57
				Richard Bradley	PUP	953	43.86	−4.19
1998 general election [6] Electorate: 1,904 Turnout: 1,717 (90.18%) +32.61		UDP hold Majority: 47 (2.74%) −34.46		Dean Barrow	UDP	872	50.79	−17.81
				Richard Bradley	PUP	825	48.05	+16.65
				Russell August	PDP	9	0.52	-
1993 general election [7][8] Electorate: 2,943 Turnout: 1,694 (57.57%) −1.03		UDP hold Majority: 630 (37.2%) +7.9		Dean Barrow	UDP	1,162	68.6	+4.7
				Juliet Soberanis	PUP	532	31.4	−3.2
1989 general election [9][10] Electorate: 2,896 Turnout: 1,697 (58.6%) −7.16		UDP hold Majority: 497 (29.3%) −4.9		Dean Barrow	UDP	1,085	63.9	−2.6
				Thomas Greenwood	PUP	588	34.6	+2.3
1984 general election [11][12] Electorate: 2,544 Turnout: 1,673 (65.76%) n/a		UDP win Majority: 580 (34.2%) n/a		Dean Barrow	UDP	1,029	66.5	-
				Ralph Fonseca	PUP	449	32.3	-

References

1. Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
2. Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
3. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
4. 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
5. 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
6. General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
7. General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
8. 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
9. General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
10. 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
11. General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
12. 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)