Hanover Western 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 Heatha Miller-Bennett.
The MP was formerly Ian Hayles, representing the People's National Party, who had been in office from 2007 to 2020.
Boundaries
The constituency covers four electoral divisions – Cauldwell, Green Island, Lucea and Riverside.
Members of Parliament 1944 to present ElectionMemberParty 1944 Felix Veitch Jamaica Labour Party 1949 William Dickson Jamaica Labour Party 1955 William Dickson Jamaica Labour Party 1959 Lascelles Murray People's National Party 1962 Agustus Stanhope Jamaica Labour Party 1967 Cleveland Stanhope Jamaica Labour Party 1972 Roy Robinson People's National Party 1976 Roy Robinson People's National Party 1980 Horace Chang Jamaica Labour Party 1983 Horace Chang Jamaica Labour Party 1989 Benjamin Clare People's National Party 1993 Benjamin Clare People's National Party 1997 Benjamin Clare People's National Party 2002 Anson Ralston People's National Party 2007 Ian Hayles People's National Party 2011 Ian Hayles People's National Party 2016 Ian Hayles People's National Party 2020 Tamika Davis Jamaica Labour Party 2025 Heatha Miller-Bennett People's National Party
Elections Elections from 2000 to present
See also Politics of Jamaica Elections in Jamaica
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