Mesopotamia (Belize House constituency)
| Mesopotamia | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives | |
 | |
| District | Belize |
| Electorate | 2,277 (2020) |
| Major settlements | Belize City (part) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1961 |
| Party | United Democratic Party |
| Area Representative | Moses "Shyne" Barrow |
Mesopotamia, sometimes abbreviated as Mesop, is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Shyne Barrow of the United Democratic Party.
Profile
[edit]The Mesopotamia constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. It currently comprises much of central Belize City, surrounded by the Collet, Queen's Square and Albert constituencies.[1] The UDP has continuously held Mesopotamia since the 1979 general election, longer than any other constituency. It is widely considered a strong UDP safe seat.[2]
Longtime representative Michael Finnegan stood down at the 2020 general election and was succeeded by his nephew, internationally known rapper Shyne Barrow.[3]
Area representatives
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Elections
[edit]| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 general election[5] Electorate: 2,277 Turnout: 1,715 (75.32%) −3.47 | UDP hold Majority: 159 (9.27%) -46.56 | Shyne Barrow | UDP | 910 | 53.06 | −23.82 | ||
| (Dr.) Candice Pitts | PUP | 751 | 43.79 | +22.74 | ||||
| 2015 general election[6] Electorate: 3,711 Turnout: 2,128 (57.34%) −3.47 | UDP hold Majority: 1,188 (55.83%) -8.93 | Michael Finnegan | UDP | 1,636 | 76.88 | −4.72 | ||
| Dorla Vaughan | PUP | 448 | 21.05 | +4.21 | ||||
| 2012 general election[7] Electorate: 3,710 Turnout: 2,256 (60.81%) −5.21 | UDP hold Majority: 1,461 (64.76%) +9.99 | Michael Finnegan | UDP | 1,841 | 81.60 | +4.68 | ||
| Philip Palacio | PUP | 380 | 16.84 | −5.31 | ||||
| 2008 general election[8] Electorate: 3,255 Turnout: 2,149 (66.02%) −3.86 | UDP hold Majority: 1,177 (54.77%) +20.4 | Michael Finnegan | UDP | 1,653 | 76.92 | +10.0 | ||
| Austin Waight | PUP | 476 | 22.15 | −10.4 | ||||
| 2003 general election[9] Electorate: 2,178 Turnout: 1,892 (69.88%) −14.3 | UDP hold Majority: 526 (34.37%) +20.1 | Michael Finnegan | UDP | 1,024 | 66.92 | +10.34 | ||
| Philip Brackett | PUP | 498 | 32.55 | −9.76 | ||||
| 1998 general election[10] Electorate: 1,707 Turnout: 1,437 (84.18%) +26.81 | UDP hold Majority: 205 (14.27%) −1.73 | Michael Finnegan | UDP | 813 | 56.58 | −1.42 | ||
| Gilbert Ray Lightburn | PUP | 608 | 42.31 | +0.31 | ||||
| Lisburn Earl Peters | PDP | 9 | 0.63 | - | ||||
| 1993 general election[11][12] Electorate: 3,052 Turnout: 1,751 (57.37%) +1.66 | UDP hold Majority: 281 (16.0%) +8.3 | Michael Finnegan | UDP | 1,016 | 58.0 | +4.9 | ||
| Steve Latchman | PUP | 735 | 42.0 | −3.4 | ||||
| 1989 general election[13][14] Electorate: 2,818 Turnout: 1,570 (55.71%) −5.43 | UDP hold Majority: 121 (7.7%) −30.8 | Curl Thompson | UDP | 834 | 53.1 | −15.3 | ||
| Steve Latchman | PUP | 713 | 45.4 | +15.5 | ||||
| 1984 general election[15][16] Electorate: 2,460 Turnout: 1,504 (61.14%) −26.0 | UDP hold Majority: 38.5% (+34.4) | Curl Thompson | UDP | 68.4 | +17.1 | |||
| Myrtle Palacio | PUP | 29.9 | −17.3 | |||||
| 1979 general election[17] Electorate: 2,489 Turnout: 2,169 (87.14%) +14.89 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 4.1% (−4.7) | Curl Thompson | UDP | 51.3 | +6.9 | |||
| C. L. B. Rogers | PUP | 47.2 | −5.5 | |||||
| 1974 general election[18] Electorate: 2,281 Turnout: 1,648 (72.25%) +8.65 | PUP hold Majority: 8.8% (−0.7) | C. L. B. Rogers | PUP | 52.7 | −1.2 | |||
| Curl Thompson | UDP | 44.4 | - | |||||
| 1969 general election[19] Electorate: 2,066 Turnout: 1,314 (63.6%) −7.07 | PUP hold Majority: 9.5% (+3.4) | C. L. B. Rogers | PUP | 53.9 | +1.7 | |||
| Colville Young | NIP | 43.9 | −2.2 | |||||
| 1965 general election[20] Electorate: 3,396 Turnout: 2,400 (70.67%) −9.02 | PUP hold Majority: 6.1% (−27.9) | C. L. B. Rogers | PUP | 52.2 | −10.2 | |||
| Colville Young | NIP | 46.1 | +17.7 | |||||
| 1961 general election[21] Electorate: 2,501 Turnout: 1,993 (79.69%) n/a | PUP win Majority: 34.0% (n/a) | C. L. B. Rogers | PUP | 62.4 | - | |||
| Erlean Casasola | NIP | 28.4 | - | |||||
| Edward Usher | CDP | 8.6 | - | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
- ^ "Finnegan wakes to color Mesopotamia red", Great Belize Television, 14 February 2012. (accessed 20 November 2014)
- ^ Rapper Shyne Barrow Is Elected to Belize's House of Representatives
- ^ Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
- ^ "General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections and Boundaries Department. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections and Boundaries Department. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1979, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1974, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1969, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1965, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ^ General Elections 1961, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)