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POLITICS

Breakdown of the political organization in Portmore, St. Catherine
and information about the various Government agencies

ORGANIZATION OF THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE IN PORTMORE

Central Government

Portmore is comprised of three (3) of the constituencies within St. Catherine. These constituencies are represented by Members of Parliament (MPs).

St. Catherine East-Central:
Member of Parliament= Arnaldo Brown {People's National Party (PNP)}
Contact: (876) 318-2045

St. Catherine South-Eastern:
Member of Parliament= Colin Fagan {People's National Party (PNP)}
Contact: (876) 588-7200

St. Catherine Southern:
Member of Parliament= Fitz Arthur Jackson {People's National Party (PNP)}
Contact: (876) 932-5500 | (876) 939-7068

Candidates for Portmore Constituencies: General Elections December 29, 2011

Candidates for St. Catherine Southern Constituency in Elections 2011 Candidates for St. Catherine South-Eastern Constituency in Elections 2011 Candidates for St. Catherine East-Central Constituency in Elections 2011

Sourced from: On The Ground News Reports
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Local Government

Portmore gianed municipality status in 2003 with a directly elected Mayor in management of the Portmore Municipal Council (PMC). Portmore is also comprised of eleven (11) electoral divisions represented in Local Government by 11 Councillors.

The Current Mayor of Portmore is Keith Hinds.
(The first ever elected Mayor was George Lee).

Portmore Municipal Council

81-86 Portmore Pines Plaza,
Portmore, St. Catherine.
Tel#: (876) 740-7440-2 | (876) 740-0129 | (876) 740-0789 | (876) 740-0895
Toll Free: 1-888-991-7211
Website: www.pmc.gov.jm
Email: info@pmc.gov.jm

Portmore Constituencies

Constituencies in Portmore
Sourced from: The Electoral Office of Jamaica

Constituency Changes

Please note that the constituencies in Portmore had been modified into three (3) distinct constituencies for the December 2011 elections. The new one is St. Catherine East-Central and joins the other two previous St Catherine Southern and St. Catherine South-Eastern constituencies. To see the other changed constituencies and the Government agency that organize Jamaican elections please go here:
Electoral Office of Jamaica

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Councillors in the Electoral Divisions in Portmore (by constituency)

St. Catherine East-Central:
>Gregory Park Division: Camille Buchanan

St. Catherine South-Eastern:
>Independence City Division: Keith Blake
>Waterford Division: Errol Lynch
>Westchester Division: Shane Dalling
>Edgewater Division: Alric Campbell
>Bridgeport Division: Horace Brown
>SouthBoro Division: to be decided in the upcoming local Government elections
>Portmore Pines: to be decided in the upcoming local Government elections

St. Catherine Southern:
>Braeton Division: Owen Saunderson (also Deputy Mayor of Portmore)
>Greater Portmore North Division: Michael Edwards
>Greater Portmore East Division: Yvonne McCormack
>Hellshire Division: Leon Thomas

Please note that the previous Naggo Head Division has been separated in two more divisions: SouthBoro Division and Portmore Pines Division

UPDATED February 2012