Manchester Southern

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency of Jamaica}} {{For|the British constituency|Manchester South (UK Parliament constituency)}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=August 2021}} {{Update|date=September 2020}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}} {{Use British English|date=February 2015}} '''Manchester Southern''' 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.

== Members of Parliament == Source:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://ecj.com.jm/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Electoral Commission of Jamaica|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== 1944 to 1959 === {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member !Party |- |style="background-color: orange" | | 1944 | Wendell Benjamin | People's National Party |- |style="background-color: green" | | 1949 | Lawton Bloomfield | Jamaica Labour Party |- |style="background-color: orange" | | 1955 | Winston Jones | People's National Party |- | colspan="2"| 1959 | colspan="2"| ''Constituency abolished'' |}

=== 1967 to present === {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member !Party |- |style="background-color: green" | | 1967 | Arthur Williams | Jamaica Labour Party |- |style="background-color: orange" | | 1972 | Douglas Manley | People's National Party |- |style="background-color: green" | | 1974 (court order) | Arthur Williams | Jamaica Labour Party |- |style="background-color: orange" | | 1976 | Douglas Manley | People's National Party |- |style="background-color: green" | | 1980 | Arthur Williams | Jamaica Labour Party |- |style="background-color: green" | | 1983 | Lloyd Bent | Jamaica Labour Party |- |style="background-color: orange" | | 1989 | Douglas Manley | People's National Party |- |style="background-color: orange" | | 1993 | Michael Peart | People's National Party |- | |1997 |Michael Peart |People's National Party |- | |2002 |Michael Peart |People's National Party |- | |2007 |Michael Peart |People's National Party |- | |2011 |Michael Peart |People's National Party |- | |2016 |Michael Stewart |People's National Party |- | |2020 |Robert Chin |Jamaica Labour Party |}

== Constituency Boundary == Source:<ref>{{cite web | title=Manchester Southern | website=Electoral Commission of Jamaica | date=2024-06-08 | url=https://ecj.com.jm/boundaries/parishes/constituencies/manchester/manchester-southern/ | access-date=2024-11-27}}</ref>

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Category:Parliamentary constituencies of Jamaica