| St. James North |
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Millie Ifill Fish Market, St. James, Barbados
Photo by Neil Gittens/CE |
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| BACKGROUND |
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| The constituency of St. James North was created and first contested in 1981. |
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| Year of creation |
1981 |
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| Polling Divisions |
9 |
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| Registered Electors (2013) |
7,455 |
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| Voter Turnout (2013) |
63.18% |
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| Incumbent |
Edmund HINKSON (BLP) |
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| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
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HINKSON, E.G.  |
BLP |
2,558 |
54.63% |
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HUSBANDS, H.A. |
DLP |
2,124 |
45.37% |
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| Candidate |
Party |
Total Votes |
% votes |
| EDMUND G. HINKSON |
BLP |
2,558 |
54.63% |
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| Harcourt A. Husbands |
DLP |
2,124 |
45.37% |
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| Candidate |
Party |
Total Votes |
% votes |
| RAWLE C. EASTMOND* |
BLP |
2,177 |
52.70% |
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| Leonard Austin B. Husbands |
DLP |
1,954 |
47.30% |
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| Candidate |
Party |
Total Votes |
% votes |
| RAWLE C. EASTMOND |
BLP |
2,458 |
64.57% |
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| Leonard A.B. Husbands |
DLP |
1,349 |
35.43% |
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| Candidate |
Party |
Total Votes |
% votes |
| RAWLE C. EASTMOND |
BLP |
3,732 |
78.26% |
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| Michael A. Carrington |
DLP |
1,037 |
21.74% |
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| Candidate |
Party |
Total Votes |
% votes |
| RAWLE C. EASTMOND |
BLP |
3,164 |
69.69% |
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| Tennyson C. Beck!es |
DLP |
1,376 |
30.31% |
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| Candidate |
Party |
Total Votes |
% votes |
| RAMLE C. EASTMOND |
BLP |
2,505 |
52.76% |
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| Joseph J. Payne |
DLP |
2,038 |
42.92% |
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| Dennis L. Bailey |
NDP |
183 |
3.85% |
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| Gordon S. Price |
IND |
22 |
0.46% |
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| Candidate |
Party |
Total Votes |
% votes |
| JOSEPH J. PAYNE |
DLP |
2,482 |
52.47% |
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| Nigel A. Barrow |
BLP |
2,248 |
47.53% |
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| Candidate |
Party |
Total Votes |
% votes |
| Lionel S. CRAIG |
BLP |
2,527 |
63.33% |
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| Joseph J. Payne |
DLP |
1,463 |
36.67% |
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| Polling Division |
Areas |
| SA1 |
Gordon Greenidge Primary School |
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| SA2 |
Gordon Greenidge Primary School |
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| SA3 |
People Worship Centre, Road View |
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| SA4 |
All Saints Training Centre |
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| SB1 |
St. Alban's Church |
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| SB2 |
New Testament Church of God, Weston |
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| SC1 |
St. Alban's Primary School |
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| SD1 |
St. Alban's Primary School |
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| SE1 |
St. James Parish Church Hall |
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| CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES |
| From the outlet of the Scantlebury River on the western sea coast and along the Speightstown southern and then eastern boundary to the point crossed by Farm Road; thence in a northerly direction along the Speightstown eastern boundary to its junction with Highway 1 at Oban; thence along the Ashton Hall Road to its junction with the Ronald Mapp Highway; thence along the middle of the Ronald Mapp Highway in a southerly direction to its junction with the public road leading to Black Bess and Rock Hall; then in a generally south easterly direction along this road to the junction with the unclassified road leading to Black Bess and Mangrove Plantations; thence in a south easterly direction along this road to the point where it forks; thence in an easterly direction (passing the south of Mangrove Plantation) to the end of the road and then continuing in an easterly direction along the plantation track to the point in the centre of the track opposite the monument (B.4) placed on the southern side of the track; thence in a southerly direction in a straight line joining this point to the centre of the old mill wall at Springhead; thence in a southerly direction in a straight line to a point in the Springhead-Westmoreland Gully, 325 metres south of Springhead Plantation; thence in a westerly direction along the Springhead-Westmoreland Gully to the point at which it is crossed by the Ronald Mapp Highway; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the Ronald Mapp Highway to its junction with Highway C (the Apes Hill-Trents Road); thence in a westerly direction along the Highway C to its junction with Highway 1 (the Bridgetown-Speightstown Road); thence in a westerly direction to a point on the sea coast; thence in a northerly direction along the seacoast to the outlet of the Scantlebury River (the starting point). |
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Bajan Free Party |
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NDP = National Democratic Party |
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United Progressive Party |
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Barbados Integrity Movement |
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People's Democratic Congress |
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WPB = Workers Party of Barbados |
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Barbados
Labour Party |
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PEP = People's Empowerment Party |
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Independent Candidate |
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Democratic
Labour Party |
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PPA = People's Political Alliance |
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*incumbent |
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Kingdom Government of Barbados |
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Solutions Barbados |
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** Political Leader |
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| Sources |
| Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission |
| Bajan Free Party (2018). Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/Bajan-Free-Party-BFP-HonAlex-MitchellEl-1767331239973521/ |
| Barbados Integrity Movement (2018). Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/barbdaosintegritymovement/?ref=py_c |
| Barbados Labour Party. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.blp.org.bb/ |
| Coalition of United Party. (2018) Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/alexmitchell.el/ |
| Democratic Labour Party. (2018). Retrieved from http://dlpbarbados.org/site/ |
| Solutions Barbados. (2018). Retrieved from https://solutionsbarbados.com/ |
| United Progressive Party. (2018). Retrieved from https://uppbarbados.org/ |
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