Collet (Belize House constituency)

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Collet
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
District Belize
Electorate 4,627 (2012)
Major settlements Belize City (part)
Current constituency
Created 1961
Party      United Democratic Party
Area Representative Patrick Faber

Collet is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2003 by Patrick Faber of the United Democratic Party.

Profile

The Collet constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. The constituency is based in areas of Belize City west of the city center, bordered by the Lake Independence, Port Loyola, Pickstock, Albert, Mesopotamia and Queen's Square constituencies.[1]

Although less competitive in recent years, Collet has historically been the scene of several very close elections. Between 1965 and 1993 the winner was decided with less than one percent of the vote on four occasions.

Area Representatives

Election Area Representative[2] Party
1961 Albert Cattouse PUP
1969 Vernon Courtenay PUP
1984 Frank Lizama UDP
1989 Remijio Montejo PUP
1993 Faith Babb UDP
1998 Remijio Montejo PUP
2003 Patrick Faber UDP

Elections

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
2012 general election [3]
Electorate: 4,627
Turnout: 3,046 (65.83%) −5.79
UDP hold
Majority: 889 (29.19%) +10.95
Patrick Faber UDP 1,949 63.99 +6.7
Carolyn Trench-Sandiford PUP 1,060 34.8 −4.25
2008 general election [4]
Electorate: 3,890
Turnout: 2,786 (71.62%) +5.19
UDP hold
Majority: 508 (18.24%) +15.13
Patrick Faber UDP 1,596 57.29 +7.19
Carolyn Trench-Sandiford PUP 1,088 39.05 −7.94
Patrick Rogers VIP 77 2.76 -
2003 general election [5]
Electorate: 2,848
Turnout: 1,892 (66.43%) −19.9
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 59 (3.11%) −19.46
Patrick Faber UDP 948 50.1 +12.39
Remijio Montejo PUP 889 46.99 −13.29
Paul Jones Independent 55 2.9 -
1998 general election [6]
Electorate: 2,479
Turnout: 2,140 (86.33%) +26.67
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 483 (22.57%) +22.56
Remijio Montejo PUP 1,290 60.28 +10.58
Faith Babb UDP 807 37.71 −12.09
Leigh Harrison "Gerilee" Flowers NABR 19 0.89 -
Enrique Silva PDP 13 0.61 -
1993 general election [7][8]
Electorate: 3,203
Turnout: 1,911 (59.66%) +10.46
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 1 (0.1%) −17.2
Faith Babb UDP 951 49.8 +8.9
Remijio Montejo PUP 950 49.7 −8.5
Hugh Meighan Independent 10 0.5 -
1989 general election [9][10]
Electorate: 2,656
Turnout: 1,616 (49.2%) −15.53
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 279 (17.3%) +9.6
Remijio Montejo PUP 940 58.2 +13.0
Frank Lizama UDP 661 40.9 −12.0
1984 general election [11][12]
Electorate: 2,112
Turnout: 1,367 (64.73%) −21.44
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 7.7% (+2.7)
Frank Lizama UDP 52.9 +5.9
Remijio Montejo PUP 45.2 −6.8
1979 general election [13]
Electorate: 5,293
Turnout: 4,561 (86.17%) +24.69
PUP hold
Majority: 5.0% (+5.0)
Vernon Courtenay PUP 52.0 +5.2
Kenneth Tillett UDP 47.0 +0.2
1974 general election [14]
Electorate: 3,502
Turnout: 2,153 (61.48%) −13.01
PUP hold
Majority: <0.1% (−2.5)
Vernon Courtenay PUP 46.8 −3.7
Kenneth Tillett UDP 46.8 -
Evan X Hyde UBAD 4.1 -
1969 general election [15]
Electorate: 3,359
Turnout: 2,502 (74.49%) +5.14
PUP hold
Majority: 2.5% (+1.8)
Vernon Courtenay PUP 50.5 +1.0
Edward Flowers NIP 48.0 −0.8
1965 general election [16]
Electorate: 3,850
Turnout: 2,670 (69.35%) −10.77
PUP hold
Majority: 0.7% (0)
Albert Cattouse PUP 49.5 +4.9
Edward Flowers NIP 48.8 +4.9
1961 general election [17]
Electorate: 2,706
Turnout: 2,168 (80.12%) n/a
PUP win
Majority: 0.7% (n/a)
Albert Cattouse PUP 44.6 -
Edward Flowers NIP 43.9 -
Mervin Hulse CDP 9.3 -

References

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  2. Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
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  6. General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  7. General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  8. 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
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  10. 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  11. General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  12. 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  13. General Elections 1979, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  14. General Elections 1974, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  15. General Elections 1969, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  16. General Elections 1965, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  17. General Elections 1961, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)