Kingston 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. The constituency was one of the original 32 Parliamentary seats. West Kingston is dominated by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) which has held the seat continuously since 1955. JLP Prime Ministers Alexander Bustamante, Hugh Shearer, Edward Seaga and Bruce Golding all represented the seat at one time or another, although Bustamante and Shearer did not represent the constituency during their premierships.
Boundaries The constituency covers the Tivoli Gardens, Fletchers Land, Hanna Town, Rose Town, Greenwich Farm Central Downtown and Denham Town areas of Kingston.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1944 Alexander Bustamante Jamaica Labour Party 1949 Kenneth Hill People's National Party 1955 Hugh Shearer Jamaica Labour Party 1962 Edward Seaga Jamaica Labour Party 2005 by-election Bruce Golding Jamaica Labour Party 2011 Desmond McKenzie Jamaica Labour Party 2020 Desmond McKenzie Jamaica Labour Party
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