| Queen's Square | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives | |
| District | Belize |
| Electorate | 4,278 (2015) |
| Major settlements | Belize City (part) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Party | United Democratic Party |
| Area Representative | Denise Barrow |
Queen's Square is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Denise Barrow of the United Democratic Party.[1] Her brother, former Prime Minister Dean Barrow, previously held the constituency from 1984 until he retired during the 2020 Belizean general election.
Profile
The Queen's Square constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. It occupies a southern portion of central Belize City, bordering the Collet, Mesopotamia and Port Loyola constituencies.[2] A UDP stronghold, Queen's Square is the only constituency in the Belize District which has never been won by the People's United Party.
Area representatives
| Election | Area representative | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Dean Barrow[3] | UDP | |
| 1989 | Dean Barrow[3] | UDP | |
| 1993 | Dean Barrow[3] | UDP | |
| 1998 | Dean Barrow[3] | UDP | |
| 2003 | Dean Barrow[3] | UDP | |
| 2008 | Dean Barrow[3] | UDP | |
| 2012 | Dean Barrow[3] | UDP | |
| 2015 | Dean Barrow[3] | UDP | |
| 2020 | Denise Barrow[1] | UDP | |
Elections
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 general election[4] Electorate: 3,960 Turnout: 2,577 (65.08%) −3.94 | UDP hold Majority: 1,549 (60.11%) +7.54 | Dean Barrow | UDP | 2,039 | 79.12 | +3.02 | ||
| Anthony Glenford Sylvestre | PUP | 490 | 19.01 | −4.52 | ||||
| 2008 general election[5] Electorate: 3,977 Turnout: 2,745 (69.02%) −11.76 | UDP hold Majority: 1,443 (52.57%) +41.07 | Dean Barrow | UDP | 2,089 | 76.10 | +20.74 | ||
| Anthony Sylvestre Jr. | PUP | 646 | 23.53 | −20.33 | ||||
| Ebony Babb | NRTCP | 10 | 0.36 | - | ||||
| 2003 general election[6] Electorate: 2,690 Turnout: 2,173 (80.78%) −9.4 | UDP hold Majority: 250 (11.5%) +8.76 | Dean Barrow | UDP | 1,203 | 55.36 | +4.57 | ||
| Richard Bradley | PUP | 953 | 43.86 | −4.19 | ||||
| 1998 general election[7] Electorate: 1,904 Turnout: 1,717 (90.18%) +32.61 | UDP hold Majority: 47 (2.74%) −34.46 | Dean Barrow | UDP | 872 | 50.79 | −17.81 | ||
| Richard Bradley | PUP | 825 | 48.05 | +16.65 | ||||
| Russell August | PDP | 9 | 0.52 | - | ||||
| 1993 general election[8][9] Electorate: 2,943 Turnout: 1,694 (57.57%) −1.03 | UDP hold Majority: 630 (37.2%) +7.9 | Dean Barrow | UDP | 1,162 | 68.6 | +4.7 | ||
| Juliet Soberanis | PUP | 532 | 31.4 | −3.2 | ||||
| 1989 general election[10][11] Electorate: 2,896 Turnout: 1,697 (58.6%) −7.16 | UDP hold Majority: 497 (29.3%) −4.9 | Dean Barrow | UDP | 1,085 | 63.9 | −2.6 | ||
| Thomas Greenwood | PUP | 588 | 34.6 | +2.3 | ||||
| 1984 general election[12][13] Electorate: 2,544 Turnout: 1,673 (65.76%) n/a | UDP win Majority: 580 (34.2%) n/a | Dean Barrow | UDP | 1,029 | 66.5 | - | ||
| Ralph Fonseca | PUP | 449 | 32.3 | - | ||||
References
- 1 2 Staff, B. B. N. (2020-11-11). "Denise Barrow claims Queen Square". Belize News and Opinion on www.breakingbelizenews.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- ↑ Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
- ↑ GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
- ↑ General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
- ↑ 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
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