Hanover Eastern 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 was one of the 32 constituencies fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944. The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016. The current MP is Dave Hume-Brown, representing the Jamaica Labour Party, who has been in office since 2016.
Boundaries
The constituency covers three electoral divisions – Sandy Bay, Hopewell, and Chester Castle.
Members of Parliament 1944 to Present ElectionMemberParty 1944 Independent 1949 Jamaica Labour Party 1955 Jamaica Labour Party 1959 People's National Party 1962 Jamaica Labour Party 1967 Jamaica Labour Party 1972 Jamaica Labour Party 1976 People's National Party 1980 Jamaica Labour Party 1983 Jamaica Labour Party 1989 People's National Party 1993 People's National Party 1997 People's National Party 2002 Jamaica Labour Party 2007 People's National Party 2011 People's National Party 2016 Dave Hume-Brown Jamaica Labour Party 2020 Dave Hume-Brown Jamaica Labour Party 2025Andrea PurkissPeople's National Party
Elections Elections from 2000 to Present
See also Politics of Jamaica Elections in Jamaica
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