Only some 53% of the registered voters cast their vote. The PNP won the early general election of December 2011, securing 42 of the 63 elective seats (increased from 60 since the 2007 election) and 53.0% of the vote the JLP took the balance of 21 seats and 46.3%. At 39 he was the country’s youngest ever prime minister. In early October 2011 the JLP chose education minister Andrew Holness as its new leader and Holness was sworn in as prime minister on 23 October. On 25 September 2011 Bruce Golding announced his retirement as JLP leader and prime minister. There was a 60% turnout.ĭr Patrick Allen succeeded Sir Kenneth Hall as governor-general on his retirement in February 2009. In the September 2007 general election, the opposition JLP, led by Golding, won a narrow victory with 33 seats and 50.1% of votes, while PNP took 27 seats and 49.8%. Professor Kenneth Hall succeeded Sir Howard Felix Cooke as governor-general in February 2006 and Portia Simpson Miller succeeded Patterson as prime minister when he retired after 14 consecutive years in office in March 2006. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) took the remaining 26 seats.įollowing his return to the JLP in 2002 (he had left the JLP in 1995 to found and lead the National Democratic Movement), in 2005 Bruce Golding succeeded the party’s veteran leader Edward Seaga as party leader Seaga had been leader in government and opposition for 31 years. In a closer-fought contest than in 1997, the People’s National Party (PNP) won an unprecedented fourth successive victory with 34 seats and 52% of the votes and P J Patterson was returned as prime minister.
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Head of government: Prime Minister Andrew HolnessĪfter a violent campaign, the general election in October 2002 was largely free of violence. He entered the University of the West Indies in 1966 and earned a BSc degree in Economics in 1969.Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by governor-general, Sir Patrick Linton Allen (2009–) He was educated at Alpha Primary School (1955-1957), St. Orette Bruce Golding EIGTH PRIME MINISTER: Septem– 2011 Bruce Golding was born on December 5, 1947. He was sworn in by the Governor-General of Jamaica on 11 September 2007.
Golding, as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party, became Prime Minister, following his party’s slim victory in the 3 September 2007 general election and Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller’s concession of defeat two days later. He was sworn in as Jamaica’s eighth Prime Minister on September 11, 2007. He was of Leader of the Opposition from Ap– September 10, 2007. On Aphe was elected Member of Parliament for West Kingston. On February 20, 2005, he was elected Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party. He served as General Secretary of the Jamaica Labour Party (1974-1984) and Chairman (1984-1995). In that same year (1969) he was elected to the Central Executive of the Jamaica Labour Party at the age of 21 and was subsequently elected to Parliament in 1972 at the age of 24. How old was Golding when he was elected to Parliament? He entered the University of the West Indies in 1966 and earned a BSc degree in Economics in 1969. Where did Orette Bruce Golding go to school? When did Bruce Golding become Prime Minister of Jamaica? How old is Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness?Īndrew Holness/Age When did Orette Bruce Golding become Prime Minister? the Hon.Thomas Tavares-Finson OJ, CD, QC, JLP since 10 March 2016 Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, JLP since 15 September 2020 Who is the leader of the House of Representatives in Jamaica? Parliament of Jamaica