Westmoreland Eastern

Parliamentary constituency in Jamaica

Westmoreland Eastern is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency consists of the eastern part of Westmoreland Parish. It is represented by Jamaica Labour Party MP Daniel Lawrence.

In the 1989 general election, the constituency was covered by Westmoreland North Eastern and Westmoreland South Eastern. The two seats were then merged together in the 1993 general election.

Members

Its most prominent MP was former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson.

Westmoreland North Eastern

Esme Grant (1967 to 1972)
Jim Thompson (1972 to ?)
Headly Cunningham (1989 to 1993)

Westmoreland South Eastern

P. J. Patterson (by-election of 1970 to 1980)
Euphemia Williams (1980 to 1989)
P. J. Patterson (1989 to 1993)

Westmoreland Eastern

P. J. Patterson (1993 to 2006)
Luther Buchanan (People's National Party) (2006 to 2020)^[1]
Daniel Lawrence (2020 to present)

Constituencies of the Parliament of Jamaica

Cornwall

Hanover	Hanover Eastern Hanover Western
Saint Elizabeth	Saint Elizabeth North Eastern Saint Elizabeth North Western Saint Elizabeth South Eastern Saint Elizabeth South Western
Saint James	Saint James Central Saint James East Central Saint James North Western Saint James Southern Saint James West Central
Trelawny	Trelawny Northern Trelawny Southern
Westmoreland	Westmoreland Central Westmoreland Eastern Westmoreland Western

Middlesex

Clarendon	Clarendon Central Clarendon North Central Clarendon North Western Clarendon Northern Clarendon South Eastern Clarendon South Western
Manchester	Manchester Central Manchester North Eastern Manchester North Western Manchester Southern
Saint Ann	Saint Ann North Eastern Saint Ann North Western Saint Ann South Eastern Saint Ann South Western
Saint Catherine	Saint Catherine Central Saint Catherine East Central Saint Catherine Eastern Saint Catherine North Central Saint Catherine North Eastern Saint Catherine North Western Saint Catherine South Central Saint Catherine South Eastern Saint Catherine South Western Saint Catherine Southern Saint Catherine West Central
Saint Mary	Saint Mary Central Saint Mary South Eastern Saint Mary Western

Surrey

Kingston	Kingston Central Kingston East & Port Royal Kingston Western
Portland	Portland Eastern Portland Western
Saint Andrew	Saint Andrew Eastern Saint Andrew East Central Saint Andrew East Rural Saint Andrew North Central Saint Andrew North Eastern Saint Andrew North Western Saint Andrew Southern Saint Andrew South Eastern Saint Andrew South Western Saint Andrew Western Saint Andrew West Central Saint Andrew West Rural
Saint Thomas	Saint Thomas Eastern Saint Thomas Western