Lake Independence (Belize House constituency)

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Lake Independence
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
DistrictBelize
Electorate4,863 (2020)
Major settlementsBelize City (part)
Current constituency
Created1984
Party  People's United Party
Area RepresentativeCordel Hyde

Lake Independence, often known simply as Lake I, is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2015 by Cordel Hyde. Hyde previously served as area representative from 1998 to 2012.

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The Lake Independence constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. It occupies portions of western and southern Belize City, bordering the Belize Rural Central, Freetown, Pickstock, Collet and Port Loyola constituencies.[1]

Area Representatives[]

Election Area Representative[2] Party
1984 UDP
1989 PUP
1993 UDP
1998 Cordel Hyde PUP
2012 UDP
2015 Cordel Hyde PUP

Elections[]

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
2020 general election[3]
Electorate: 4,863
Turnout: 3,958 (81.39%) +12.39		PUP hold
Majority: 3,180 (80.34%) +51.57 		Cordel HydePUP3,53989.41+17.89
Dianne "Miss D" Finnegan UDP3599.07−16.69
2015 general election[4]
Electorate: 6,305
Turnout: 4,368 (69.0%) +6.0		PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 1,999 (28.87%) +23.52 		Cordel HydePUP3,12471.52+45.76
UDP1,12525.76−22.24
Richard "Lizard" McCaulay BPP631.44-
2012 general election[5]
Electorate: 5,145
Turnout: 3,217 (63.0%) −9.2		UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 172 (5.35%) −4.83 		UDP1,54448.0+4.5
Martin Galvez PUP1,37242.65−11.03
Independent2236.93-
2008 general election[6]
Electorate: 5,155
Turnout: 3,722 (72.2%) +0.2		PUP hold
Majority: 379 (10.18%) −17.88 		Cordel HydePUP1,99853.68−7.63
Vandley Rupert Jenkins UDP1,61943.5+10.25
Gary Lambey NRP360.97-
Joseph "Seagull" Martinez VIP360.97-
2003 general election[7]
Electorate: 6,175
Turnout: 4,508 (72.0%) −15.35		PUP hold
Majority: 1,265 (28.06%) −10.71 		Cordel HydePUP2,76461.31−7.59
Anthony Leslie UDP1,49933.25+3.12
Patrick Rogers Independent962.12-
Independent881.95-
1998 general election[8]
Electorate: 4,024
Turnout: 3,515 (87.35%) +27.31		PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 1,363 (38.77%) +33.97 		Cordel HydePUP2,42268.9+21.3
UDP1,05930.13−22.27
Jose Sosa PDP120.34-
Jorge Ernesto Babb NRTCP70.2-
1993 general election[9][10]
Electorate: 4,139
Turnout: 2,485 (60.04%) −2.61		UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 117 (4.8%) −0.6 		UDP1,30152.4+6.2
PUP1,18447.6−4.0
1989 general election[11][12]
Electorate: 3,376
Turnout: 2,115 (62.65%) −7.15		PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 113 (5.4%) −0.7 		PUP1,09151.6+5.3
UDP97846.2−6.2
1984 general election[13][14]
Electorate: 2,460
Turnout: 1,717 (69.8%) n/a		UDP win
Majority: 105 (6.1%) n/a 		UDP72352.4-
PUP61846.3-

References[]

  1. ^ Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
  2. ^ Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
  3. ^ GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2020, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 12 November 2020)
  4. ^ GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2015, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 12 November 2020)
  5. ^ GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  6. ^ 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  7. ^ 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  8. ^ General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  9. ^ General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  10. ^ 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  11. ^ General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  12. ^ 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  13. ^ General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  14. ^ 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)

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