View source for Kingston Central (Jamaica Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency of Jamaica}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=February 2015}}
'''Kingston Central''' is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one [[Member of Parliament|Member of Parliament MP]] by the [[first past the post]] system of election.
== Boundaries ==
The constituency covers the Allman Town and Rae Town areas of Kingston.<ref name=ecj1>{{cite news|url=https://ecj.com.jm/boundaries/parishes/constituencies/kingston/kingston-central/|title=Constituency Boundaries|publisher=Electoral Commission of Jamaica|accessdate=2020-08-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://digjamaica.com/m/blog/electionja-know-your-constituency-kingston/|title=Know Your Constituency: Kingston Central|publisher=DigiJamaica ([[Jamaica Gleaner]])|accessdate=2020-08-23}}</ref>
== Members of Parliament ==
=== 1944 to 1959 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member
!Party
|-
|style="background-color: green" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 1944|1944]]
| [[Frank Pixley (Jamaican politician)|Frank Pixley]]
| [[Jamaica Labour Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: #fb740a" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 1949|1949]]
| [[Wills O. Isaacs]]
| [[People's National Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: #fb740a" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 1955|1955]]
| [[Wills O. Isaacs]]
| [[People's National Party]]
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Jamaican general election, 1959|1959]]
| colspan="2"| ''Constituency abolished'' <ref name=nlj1>{{cite news|url=https://nlj.gov.jm/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Election-Results-1944-2016.pdf|title=Election Results (1944-2016)|publisher=[[National Library of Jamaica]]|accessdate=2020-08-24}}</ref>
|}
=== 1962 to 1976 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member
!Party
|-
|style="background-color: #fb740a" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 1962|1967]]
| [[Wills O. Isaacs]]
| [[People's National Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: #fb740a" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 1967|1972]]
| [[Michael Manley]]
| [[People's National Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: #fb740a" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 1972|1976]]
| [[Rose Leon]]
| [[People's National Party]]
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Jamaican general election, 1976|1976]]
| colspan="2"| ''Constituency abolished'' <ref name=nlj1/>
|}
=== 1989 to present ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member
!Party
|-
|style="background-color: #fb740a" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 1989|1989]]
| [[Ralph Brown (politician)|Ralph Brown]]
| [[People's National Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: green" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 1993|1993]]
| [[Olivia Grange]]
| [[Jamaica Labour Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: #fb740a" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 1997|1997]]
| [[Ronald Thwaites]]
| [[People's National Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: #fb740a" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 2002|2002]]
| [[Victor Cummings]]
| [[People's National Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: #fb740a" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 2007|2007]]
| [[Ronald Thwaites]]
| [[People's National Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: #fb740a" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 2011|2011]]
| [[Ronald Thwaites]]
| [[People's National Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: #fb740a" |
| [[Jamaican general election, 2016|2016]]
| [[Ronald Thwaites]]
| [[People's National Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: green" |
| [[2020 Jamaican general election|2020]]
| [[Donovan Williams (politician)|Donovan Williams]]
| [[Jamaica Labour Party]]
|}
== Elections ==
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[Jamaican general election, 2007|General Election 2007]]: Kingston Central
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party      = People's National Party
|candidate  = '''[[Ronald Thwaites]]'''
|votes      = 5,245
|percentage = 58.71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party      = Jamaica Labour Party
|candidate  = Charlton Collie
|votes      = 3,688
|percentage = 41.29
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes      = 8,993
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|percentage = 58.88
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner    = People's National Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Jamaica constituencies}}
[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies of Jamaica]]