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
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
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
