Parliament of Jamaica

Parliament of Jamaica
Type
Type	Bicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Michael Peart, PNP Since 17 January 2012
Deputy Speaker	Lloyd B. Smith, PNP Since 17 January 2012
Structure
Seats	84
Senate political groups	People's National Party (13)      Jamaica Labour Party (8)
House of Representatives political groups	People's National Party (42)      Jamaica Labour Party (21)
Elections
Senate last election	29 December 2011
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. It was built in 1960 and named in memory of Jamaican patriot George William Gordon.

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.

People's National Party members

• The Most Hon. Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller, St. Andrew South Western
• Hon. Noel Arscott, Clarendon South Western
• Hon. Luther Buchanan, Westmoreland Eastern
• Hon. Peter Bunting, Manchester Central
• Mr.. Dwayne Vaz, Westmoreland Central
• Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, St. Andrew Southern
• Hon. Colin Fagan, St. Catherine South Eastern
• Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, St. Thomas Eastern
• Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, St. Mary Central
• Hon. Lisa Hanna, St. Ann South Eastern
• Hon. Patrick Atkinson Trelawny Northern
• Hon. Ian Hayles, Hanover Western
• Ms. Denise Daley, St. Catherine Eastern
• Hon. Julian Robinson, St. Andrew South Eastern
• Hon. G. Anthony Hylton, St. Andrew Western
• Mr. Fitz Jackson, St. Catherine Southern
• Hon. Derrick Kellier, St. James Southern
• Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, Westmoreland Western
• Hon. Natalie Neita-Headley, St. Catherine North Central
• Hon. Phillip Paulwell, Kingston East and Port Royal
• Mr. Mikael Phillips, Manchester North Western
• Hon. Michael Peart, Manchester Southern
• Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, St. Andrew East Central
• Hon. Robert Pickersgill, St. Catherine North Western
• Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield, Portland Eastern
• Mr. Raymond Pryce, St. Elizabeth North Eastern
• Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Kingston Central
• Mr. Donald Keith Duncan, Hanover Eastern
• Hon. Arnoldo Brown, St. Catherine East Central
• Mr. Loyd B. Smith, St. James Central
• Mr. Paul Buchanan, St. Andrew West Rural
• Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abraham, St. James West Central
• Mr. Hugh Buchanan, St. Elizabeth South Western
• Mr. Richard Azan, Clarendon North Western
• Mr. Joylan Silvera, St. Mary Western
• Hon. Damion Crawford, St. Andrew East Rural
• Hon. Horace Dalley, Clarendon Northern
• Mr. Mr. Andre Hylton
• Dr. Dayton Campbell, St. Ann North Western
• Dr. Winston Green, St. Mary South Eastern
• Mr. Keith Walford, St. Ann South Western
• Mr. Richard Parchment, St. Elizabeth South Eastern

Jamaica Labour Party members

• Mr. Andrew Holness, St. Andrew West Central
• Mr. Delroy Chuck, St. Andrew North Eastern
• Mr. Desmond McKenzie, Kingston Western
• Mr. Derrick Smith, St. Andrew North Western
• Dr. Kenneth Baugh, St. Catherine West Central
• Mr. Audley Shaw, Manchester North Eastern
• Mr. Karl Samuda, St. Andrew North Central
• Mr. Pearnel Charles Clarendon North Central
• Dr. Horace Chang, St. James North Western
• Ms. Olivia Grange, St. Catherine Central
• Mr. James Robertson, St. Thomas Western
• Mr. Rudyard Spencer, Clarendon South Eastern
• Mr. Lester Michael Henry, Clarendon Central
• Mr. Edmund Bartlett, St. James East Central
• Mr. Clifford Everald Warmington, St. Catherine South Western
• Mrs. Shahine Robinson, St. Ann North Eastern
• Mr. William James Charles Hutchinson, St. Elizabeth North Western
• Mr. Daryl Vaz, Portland Western
• Mrs. Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, Trelawny South
• Mr. Desmond Gregory Mair, St. Catherine North Eastern
• Dr. Andrew Wheatley, St. Catherine South Central

Senate

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

1. Senator the Hon. Floyd Morris – President
2. Senator Angela Brown-Burke – Deputy President
3. Senator the Hon. Arnold Joseph Nicholson, QC – Leader of Government Business
4. Senator the Hon. Mark Golding
5. Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer
6. Senator Keith Desmond Knight, QC
7. Senator Imani Duncan-Price
8. Senator Lambert Brown
9. Senator Norman Grant
10. Senator Wensworth Skeffery
11. Senator Noel Sloley
12. Senator Navel Clarke
13. Senator Sophia Fraser-Binns

Opposition

1. Senator Robert Montague
2. Senator Kavan Gayle
3. Senator Thomas Tavares-Finson
4. Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte
5. Senator Kamina Johnson-Smith
6. Senator Alexander Williams
7. Senator Arthur Williams
8. Senator Dr. Christopher Tufton

Current composition

 Summary of the 29 December 2011 Jamaican House of Representatives election results

Parties	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
People's National Party	464.064	52.96	+3.7	42	+14
Jamaica Labour Party	405,920	46.32	–3.7	21	–11
Marcus Garvey People's Progressive Party	420	0.05		0	±0
National Democratic Movement	263	0.03		0	±0
Independents	228	0.03		0	±0
Jamaica Alliance Movement	57	0.01		0	±0
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–	–
Total (turnout 53.17%)	876,310	100		63	+3
Source: Electoral Commission of Jamaica

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

External links

• Parliament of Jamaica