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Portland East is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election.

It is represented by Labour MP Ann-Marie Vaz.^[1] Vaz's husband Daryl Vaz is MP for Portland Western.^[2]

Members

	Member	Party	Notes
1997	Donald Rhodd	People's National Party
2011	Lynvale Bloomfield	People's National Party	Died in office^[3]
2019 by-election	Ann-Marie Vaz	Jamaica Labour Party
2020	Ann-Marie Vaz	Jamaica Labour Party

Boundaries

Encompasses the Portland communities of Fellowship, Port Antonio and Fairy Hill.

General Election 2007: Portland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PNP	Donald Rhodd	8,202	52.48
	JLP	Dennis Wright	7,428	47.52
Total votes			15,630	100.0
Turnout				60.32
	PNP hold

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

References

^ "Vaz sets 100-day priority list for Portland Eastern". jamaica-gleaner.com. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ "Daryl, Ann-Marie Vaz double-team Portland". jamaica-gleaner.com. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ Greaves, Natalie (4 February 2019). "Opposition legislator Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield murdered in Jamaica". Caribbean News. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

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