Pointe-à-Pierre is a parliamentary electoral district in Trinidad and Tobago on the south-west coast of Trinidad. David Lee of the United National Congress was elected its Member of Parliament in the 2015 and 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general elections.[2][3]
Pointe-à-Pierre | |
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Constituency for the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago | |
Electorate | 23,504 (2015)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1956 |
Number of members | 1 |
Member of Parliament | David Lee (UNC) |
Constituency profile
The constituency was created prior to the 1956 general election. It had an electorate of 23,504 as of 2015.[4] It includes Claxton Bay, Marabella, Tarouba, Pointe-à-Pierre and portions of Vistabella. It is considered a marginal seat.[5][6]
Members of Parliament
This constituency has elected the following members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago:[7]
Election | Term | Member | Party | Notes | ||
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1956 | 24 September 1956 – 4 December 1961 | Ashford Sinanan | People's Democratic Party (Trinidad and Tobago) | |||
1961 | 4 December 1961 – 7 November 1966 | Peter Farquhar | DLP | |||
1966 | 7 November 1966 – 24 May 1971 | Lilias Wight | ||||
1971 | 24 May 1971 – 13 September 1976 | Cedric Weekes | PNM | |||
1976 | 13 September 1976 – 15 December 1986 | Winston Hinds | ||||
1986 | 15 December 1986 – 16 December 1991 | Oswald Hemlee | National Alliance for Reconstruction | |||
1991 | 16 December 1991 – 6 November 1995 | Cyril Rajaram | PNM | |||
1995 | 6 November 1995 – 11 December 2000 | Dhanraj Singh | UNC | |||
2000 | 11 December 2000 – 10 December 2001 | William Chaitan | ||||
2001 | 10 December 2001 – 5 November 2007 | Gillian Lucky | ||||
2007 | 5 November 2007 – 24 May 2010 | Christine Kangaloo | PNM | |||
2010 | 24 May 2010 – 7 September 2015 | Errol McLeod | UNC | |||
2015 | 7 September 2015 – Present | David Lee |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UNC | David Lee | 8,869 | 53.5 | ||
PNM | Daniel Dookie | 7,357 | 44.38 | ||
MSJ | David Abdulah | 208 | 1.25 | ||
PEP | Marvyn Howard | 144 | 0.87 | ||
Majority | 1,512 | 9.12 | |||
Turnout | 16,578 | 66.06 | |||
UNC hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UNC | David Lee | 9,710 | 54.06 | ||
PNM | Neil Mohammed | 8,204 | 45.67 | ||
ILP | Patrina Mark-Bascombe | 48 | 0.27 | ||
Majority | 1,506 | 8.38 | |||
Turnout | 17,962 | 73.08 | |||
UNC hold | Swing |
References
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