Collet (Belize House constituency)

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.

Collet
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
DistrictBelize
Electorate3,741 (2022)
Major settlementsBelize City (part)
Current constituency
Created1961
Party  United Democratic Party
Area RepresentativePatrick Faber

Profile edit

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 edit

Election Area representative[2] Party
1961 Albert Cattouse PUP
1965 Albert Cattouse PUP
1969 Vernon Courtenay PUP
1974 Vernon Courtenay PUP
1979 Vernon Courtenay PUP
1984 Frank Lizama UDP
1989 Remijio Montejo PUP
1993 Faith Babb UDP
1998 Remijio Montejo PUP
2003 Patrick Faber UDP
2008 Patrick Faber UDP
2012 Patrick Faber UDP
2015 Patrick Faber UDP
2020 Patrick Faber UDP

Elections edit

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
2020 general election[3]
Electorate: 3,732
Turnout: 3,037 (81.38%) +15.55
UDP hold
Majority: 692 (22.78%) −6.41
Patrick FaberUDP1,83460.39−5.44
Oscar "Polo" Arnold PUP1,14238.37+4.25
2012 general election[4]
Electorate: 4,627
Turnout: 3,046 (65.83%) −5.79
UDP hold
Majority: 889 (29.19%) +10.95
Patrick FaberUDP1,94963.99+6.7
Carolyn Trench-Sandiford PUP1,06034.8−4.25
2008 general election[5]
Electorate: 3,890
Turnout: 2,786 (71.62%) +5.19
UDP hold
Majority: 508 (18.24%) +15.13
Patrick FaberUDP1,59657.29+7.19
Carolyn Trench-Sandiford PUP1,08839.05−7.94
Patrick Rogers VIP772.76-
2003 general election[6]
Electorate: 2,848
Turnout: 1,892 (66.43%) −19.9
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 59 (3.11%) −19.46
Patrick FaberUDP94850.1+12.39
Remijio Montejo PUP88946.99−13.29
Paul Jones Independent552.9-
1998 general election[7]
Electorate: 2,479
Turnout: 2,140 (86.33%) +26.67
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 483 (22.57%) +22.56
Remijio MontejoPUP1,29060.28+10.58
Faith Babb UDP80737.71−12.09
Leigh Harrison "Gerilee" Flowers NABR190.89-
Enrique Silva PDP130.61-
1993 general election[8][9]
Electorate: 3,203
Turnout: 1,911 (59.66%) +10.46
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 1 (0.1%) −17.2
Faith BabbUDP95149.8+8.9
Remijio Montejo PUP95049.7−8.5
Hugh Meighan Independent100.5-
1989 general election[10][11]
Electorate: 2,656
Turnout: 1,616 (49.2%) −15.53
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 279 (17.3%) +9.6
Remijio MontejoPUP94058.2+13.0
Frank Lizama UDP66140.9−12.0
1984 general election[12][13]
Electorate: 2,112
Turnout: 1,367 (64.73%) −21.44
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 7.7% (+2.7)
Frank LizamaUDP52.9+5.9
Remijio Montejo PUP45.2−6.8
1979 general election[14]
Electorate: 5,293
Turnout: 4,561 (86.17%) +24.69
PUP hold
Majority: 5.0% (+5.0)
Vernon CourtenayPUP52.0+5.2
Kenneth Tillett UDP47.0+0.2
1974 general election[15]
Electorate: 3,502
Turnout: 2,153 (61.48%) −13.01
PUP hold
Majority: <0.1% (−2.5)
Vernon CourtenayPUP46.8−3.7
Kenneth Tillett UDP46.8-
Evan X Hyde UBAD4.1-
1969 general election[16]
Electorate: 3,359
Turnout: 2,502 (74.49%) +5.14
PUP hold
Majority: 2.5% (+1.8)
Vernon CourtenayPUP50.5+1.0
Edward Flowers NIP48.0−0.8
1965 general election[17]
Electorate: 3,850
Turnout: 2,670 (69.35%) −10.77
PUP hold
Majority: 0.7% (0)
Albert CattousePUP49.5+4.9
Edward Flowers NIP48.8+4.9
1961 general election[18]
Electorate: 2,706
Turnout: 2,168 (80.12%) n/a
PUP win
Majority: 0.7% (n/a)
Albert CattousePUP44.6-
Edward Flowers NIP43.9-
Mervin Hulse CDP9.3-


References edit

  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 4 April 2022)
  4. ^ GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  5. ^ 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  6. ^ 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  7. ^ General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  8. ^ General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  9. ^ 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  10. ^ General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  11. ^ 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  12. ^ General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  13. ^ 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  14. ^ General Elections 1979, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  15. ^ General Elections 1974, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  16. ^ General Elections 1969, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  17. ^ General Elections 1965, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  18. ^ General Elections 1961, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)