Fort George (Belize House constituency)
Fort George is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 1989 by former Prime Minister of Belize Said Musa of the People's United Party. Musa also represented the constituency from 1979 to 1984.
Fort George | |
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Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives | |
District | Belize |
Electorate | 3,133 (2012) |
Major settlements | Belize City (part) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1961 |
Party | People's United Party |
Area Representative | Said Musa |
Profile
The Fort George constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. The constituency is based in the easternmost areas of Belize City along the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Pickstock and Albert constituencies. It is connected to the latter by the Belize City Swing Bridge.[1]
Area Representatives
Election | Area Representative[2] | Party | |
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1961 | Alexander Hunter | PUP | |
1974 | Dean Lindo | UDP | |
1979 | Said Musa | PUP | |
1984 | Dean Lindo | UDP | |
1989 | Said Musa | PUP |
Elections
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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2012 general election [3] Electorate: 3,133 Turnout: 1,941 (61.95%) −7.88 | PUP hold Majority: 487 (25.09%) +9.05 | Said Musa | PUP | 1,202 | 61.93 | +4.29 | ||
George Gough | UDP | 715 | 36.84 | −4.76 | ||||
2008 general election [4] Electorate: 3,195 Turnout: 2,231 (69.83%) −4.93 | PUP hold Majority: 358 (16.04%) −39.14 | Said Musa | PUP | 1,286 | 57.64 | −18.23 | ||
George Gough | UDP | 928 | 41.6 | +20.91 | ||||
2003 general election [5] Electorate: 2,068 Turnout: 1,546 (74.76%) −15.67 | PUP hold Majority: 853 (55.18%) +5.41 | Said Musa | PUP | 1,173 | 75.87 | +1.28 | ||
Carlos Walker | UDP | 320 | 20.69 | −4.13 | ||||
Francis Gegg | Independent | 38 | 2.46 | - | ||||
1998 general election [6] Electorate: 1,693 Turnout: 1,531 (90.43%) +34.36 | PUP hold Majority: 762 (49.77%) +13.17 | Said Musa | PUP | 1,142 | 74.59 | +6.29 | ||
Derek Aikman | UDP | 380 | 24.82 | −6.9 | ||||
1993 general election [7][8] Electorate: 2,832 Turnout: 1,588 (56.07%) −6.76 | PUP hold Majority: 580 (36.6%) +11.4 | Said Musa | PUP | 1,084 | 68.3 | +6.2 | ||
Michael Godoy | UDP | 504 | 31.7 | −5.2 | ||||
1989 general election [9][10] Electorate: 2,833 Turnout: 1,780 (62.83%) −3.78 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 449 (25.2%) +21.5 | Said Musa | PUP | 1,105 | 62.1 | +14.5 | ||
Dean Lindo | UDP | 656 | 36.9 | −14.4 | ||||
1984 general election [11][12] Electorate: 2,294 Turnout: 1,528 (66.61%) −22.31 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 57 (3.7%) −6.8 | Dean Lindo | UDP | 784 | 51.3 | +4.3 | ||
Said Musa | PUP | 727 | 47.6 | −4.5 | ||||
1979 general election [13] Electorate: 1,562 Turnout: 1,389 (88.92%) +20.85 | PUP gain from UDP Majority: 10.5% (+5.3) | Said Musa | PUP | 52.1 | +5.5 | |||
Dean Lindo | UDP | 47.0 | −4.8 | |||||
1974 general election [14] Electorate: 1,287 Turnout: 876 (68.07%) −12.81 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 5.2% (+2.2) | Dean Lindo | UDP | 51.8 | - | |||
Said Musa | PUP | 46.6 | −4.3 | |||||
1969 general election [15] Electorate: 1,229 Turnout: 994 (80.88%) +8.95 | PUP hold Majority: 3.0% (−6.8) | Alexander Hunter | PUP | 50.9 | −3.4 | |||
Dean Lindo | NIP | 47.9 | +3.4 | |||||
1965 general election [16] Electorate: 1,767 Turnout: 1,271 (71.93%) −14.22 | PUP hold Majority: 9.8% (−21.9) | Alexander Hunter | PUP | 54.3 | −5.9 | |||
Helen Taylor | NIP | 44.5 | +16.0 | |||||
1961 general election [17] Electorate: 1,422 Turnout: 1,225 (86.15%) n/a | PUP win Majority: 31.7% (n/a) | Alexander Hunter | PUP | 60.2 | - | |||
Herbert Fuller | NIP | 28.5 | - | |||||
Denbeigh Jeffery | CDP | 10.8 | - |
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References
- Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
- Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
- 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)
National Assembly of Belize | ||
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Preceded by Pickstock |
Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1996–1998 |
Succeeded by Queen's Square |
Preceded by Caribbean Shores |
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1998–2008 |
Succeeded by Queen's Square |
Preceded by Queen's Square |
Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 2008 |
Succeeded by Orange Walk Central |
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