Pickstock (Belize House constituency)

Pickstock is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2008 by Wilfred "Sedi" Elrington of the United Democratic Party.

Pickstock
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives
District	Belize
Electorate	3,243 (2012)
Major settlements	Belize City (part)
Current constituency
Created	1961
Party	United Democratic Party
Area Representative	Wilfred Elrington

Profile

The Pickstock constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. The constituency is based in north-central Belize City, bordered by the Freetown, Fort George, Albert, Collet and Lake Independence constituencies.[1]

Pickstock's best known area representative is former Prime Minister George Cadle Price, who represented the constituency during the latter part of his long political career. The seat had been held by the People's United Party from its creation until 2008, when it was won by the UDP's Elrington on his fourth attempt.

Area Representatives

Election		Area Representative[2]	Party
	1961	Gwendolyn Lizarraga	PUP
	1974	Adolfo Lizarraga	PUP
	1979	Jane Ellen Usher	PUP
	1989	George Cadle Price	PUP
	2003	Godfrey Smith	PUP
	2008	Wilfred Elrington	UDP

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
2012 general election [3] Electorate: 3,243 Turnout: 2,031 (62.63%) −9.41		UDP hold Majority: 82 (4.04%) −9.95		Wilfred Elrington	UDP	1,038	51.11	−5.19
				Francis Donald Smith	PUP	956	47.07	+4.76
2008 general election [4] Electorate: 3,294 Turnout: 2,373 (72.04%) −9.05		UDP gain from PUP Majority: 332 (13.99%) −14.56		Wilfred Elrington	UDP	1,336	56.3	+40.66
				Godfrey Smith	PUP	1,004	42.31	−13.49
2003 general election [5] Electorate: 1,987 Turnout: 1,611 (81.09%) −8.97		PUP hold Majority: 460 (28.55%) +21.09		Godfrey Smith	PUP	899	55.8	+2.63
				Wilfred Elrington	Independent	439	27.25	-
				Diane Haylock	UDP	252	15.64	−30.07
1998 general election [6] Electorate: 1,489 Turnout: 1,341 (90.06%) +32.35		PUP hold Majority: 100 (7.46%) +1.66		George Cadle Price	PUP	713	53.17	+0.27
				Wilfred Elrington	UDP	613	45.71	−1.39
				Ivan Roberts	PDP	7	0.52	-
1993 general election [7][8] Electorate: 2,424 Turnout: 1,399 (57.71%) −4.01		PUP hold Majority: 81 (5.8%) −15.4		George Cadle Price	PUP	740	52.9	−6.9
				Wilfred Elrington	UDP	659	47.1	+8.5
1989 general election [9][10] Electorate: 2,453 Turnout: 1,514 (61.72%) −7.31		PUP hold Majority: 322 (21.2%) +17.2		George Cadle Price	PUP	906	59.8	+8.2
				Cyril Davis	UDP	584	38.6	−9.0
1984 general election [11][12] Electorate: 2,241 Turnout: 1,547 (69.03%) −19.89		PUP hold Majority: 53 (4.0%) −2.2		Jane Ellen Usher	PUP	789	51.6	−1.2
				Ramon Vasquez	UDP	736	47.6	+1.0
1979 general election [13] Electorate: 1,652 Turnout: 1,469 (88.92%) +20.82		PUP hold Majority: 6.2% (+5.8)		Jane Ellen Usher	PUP		52.8	+3.5
				Paul Rodriguez	UDP		46.6	−2.3
1974 general election [14] Electorate: 1,304 Turnout: 888 (68.1%) −10.53		PUP hold Majority: 0.4% (−29.4)		Adolfo Lizarraga	PUP		49.3	−15.3
				Paul Rodriguez	UDP		48.9	-
1969 general election [15] Electorate: 1,315 Turnout: 1,034 (78.63%) +9.85		PUP hold Majority: 29.8% (−8.6)		Gwendolyn Lizarraga	PUP		64.6	−3.7
				Charles Woods	NIP		34.8	+4.9
1965 general election [16] Electorate: 2,172 Turnout: 1,494 (68.78%) −15.62		PUP hold Majority: 38.4% (−13.9)		Gwendolyn Lizarraga	PUP		68.3	−0.3
				Jaime Staines	NIP		29.9	+13.6
1961 general election [17] Electorate: 1,680 Turnout: 1,418 (84.4%) n/a		PUP win Majority: 52.3% (n/a)		Gwendolyn Lizarraga	PUP		68.6	-
				Jaime Staines	NIP		16.3	-
				Claire Gill	CDP		13.3	-
				Robert Taylor	Independent		0.7	-

References

1. Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
2. Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
3. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
4. 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
5. 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
6. General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
7. General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
8. 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
9. General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
10. 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
11. General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
12. 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
13. General Elections 1979, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
14. General Elections 1974, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
15. General Elections 1969, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
16. General Elections 1965, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
17. General Elections 1961, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)

National Assembly of Belize
Preceded by Caribbean Shores	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1989–1993	Succeeded by Caribbean Shores
Preceded by Caribbean Shores	Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1993–1996	Succeeded by Fort George