General elections were held in Jamaica under the Old Representative System between the 17th and 19th centuries. The first elections were held in 1677,Myron Weiner & Ergun Özbudun (1897) Competitive Elections in Developing Countries Duke University Press, p190 in which thirty-two members were elected from 15 constituencies.America and West Indies: September 1677 British History Online The House of Assembly was abolished in 1865.History Library of Congress Country Studies
Results
1677 ConstituencyElected membersClarendonThomas Sutton, Jonathan AshurstSt. Andrew'sSamuel Barry, John BarnabySt. Ann'sRichard Hemmings, John GawdenSt. David'sThomas Ryves, Thomas FargorSt. Dorothy'sJohn Colebeck, Theodore CarySt. ElizabethRichard Scott, Thomas RabySt. George'sWilliam Nedham, George PhilippsSt. James'Richard Guy, Samuel JenksSt. John'sWhitgift Aylemore, Richard OldfieldSt. Katherine'sJohn Bowden, Samuel Bernard, William BraggSt. Mary'sJohn Fountain, Andrew OrgillSt. ThomasEdward Stanton, Clem. RichardsonSt. Thomas-in-the-ValeFulke Rose, George NedhamPort RoyalWilliam Beeston, Anthony Swimmer, Charles MorganVereAndrew Knight, Andrew LanglySource: British History Online
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