General elections were held in Jamaica under the Old Representative System between the 17th and 19th centuries. The first elections were held in 1677,[1] in which thirty-two members were elected from 15 constituencies.[2] The House of Assembly was abolished in 1865.[3]
Results
1677
| Constituency
|
Elected members
|
| Clarendon |
Thomas Sutton, Jonathan Ashurst
|
| St. Andrew's |
Samuel Barry, John Barnaby
|
| St. Ann's |
Richard Hemmings, John Gawden
|
| St. David's |
Thomas Ryves, Thomas Fargor
|
| St. Dorothy's |
John Colebeck, Theodore Cary
|
| St. Elizabeth |
Richard Scott, Thomas Raby
|
| St. George's |
William Nedham, George Philipps
|
| St. James' |
Richard Guy, Samuel Jenks
|
| St. John's |
Whitgift Aylemore, Richard Oldfield
|
| St. Katherine's |
John Bowden, Samuel Bernard, William Bragg
|
| St. Mary's |
John Fountain, Andrew Orgill
|
| St. Thomas |
Edward Stanton, Clem. Richardson
|
| St. Thomas-in-the-Vale |
Fulke Rose, George Nedham
|
| Port Royal |
William Beeston, Anthony Swimmer, Charles Morgan
|
| Vere |
Andrew Knight, Andrew Langly
|
| Source: British History Online[2]
|
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