The Parliament of Jamaica is the legislative branch of the government of Jamaica. It is a bicameral body, composed of an appointed Senate and an elected House of Representatives.
The Senate (Upper House) – the direct successor of a pre-Independence body known as the "Legislative Council" – comprises 21 senators appointed by the governor-general: thirteen on the advice of the Prime Minister and eight on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.
The House of Representatives, the Lower House, is made up of 63 (previously 60) Members of Parliament, elected to five-year terms on a first-past-the-post basis in single-seat constituencies.
The Parliament meets at George William Gordon House at 81 Duke Street, Kingston. It was built in 1960 and named in memory of Jamaican patriot George William Gordon.
The House of Representatives is the Lower House. It is the group of elected members of parliament.
Most Hon. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, St. Andrew West Central(snap election ( see meaning of snap versus general of year 2015)
Hon. Pearnel Charles, Sr. Clarendon North Central - Speaker
Hon. Derrick Smith, St. Andrew North Western - Leader of Government Business
Most Hon. Juliet Holness, St. Andrew East Rural
Mr. Franklyn Witter, St. Elizabeth South Eastern - Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, Trelawny South
Hon. Delroy Chuck, St. Andrew North Eastern
Hon. Desmond McKenzie, Kingston Western
Dr. The Hon. Christopher Tufton, St. Catherine West Central
Hon. Audley Shaw, Manchester North Eastern
Hon. Karl Samuda, St. Andrew North Central
Dr. The Hon. Horace Chang, St. James North Western
Hon. Olivia Grange, St. Catherine Central
Mr. James Robertson, St. Thomas Western
Hon. Rudyard Spencer, Clarendon South Eastern
Hon. Lester Michael Henry, Clarendon Central
Hon. Edmund Bartlett, St. James East Central
Hon. Shahine Robinson, St. Ann North Eastern
Hon. William James Charles Hutchinson, St. Elizabeth North Western
Hon. Daryl Vaz, Portlandisha Moneculea
Mr. Clifford Everald Warmington, St. Catherine South Western
Mr. Leslie Campbell, St. Catherine North Eastern
Dr. The Hon. Andrew Wheatley, St. Catherine South Central
Mr. Dave Brown, Hanover Eastern
Mrs. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, St. Andrew West Rural
Hon. Fayval Williams, St. Andrew Eastern
Hon. Robert Montague, St. Mary Western
Mr. Zavia Mayne, St. Ann South Western
Mr. Heroy Clarke, St. James Central
Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, St. James West Central
Hon. Floyd Green, St. Elizabeth South Western
Mr. Alando Terrelonge, St. Catherine East Central
The Most Hon. Opposition Leader Portia Simpson-Miller, St. Andrew South Western
Mr. Phillip Paulwell, Kingston East and Port Royal - Leader of Opposition Business
Mr. Noel Arscott, Clarendon South Western
Mr. Luther Buchanan, Westmoreland Eastern
Mr. Peter Bunting, Manchester Central
Mr. Dwayne Vaz, Westmoreland Central
Dr. Omar Davies, St. Andrew Southern
Mr. Colin Fagan, St. Catherine South Eastern
Dr. Fenton Ferguson, St. Thomas Eastern
Dr. Morais Guy, St. Mary Central
Ms. Lisa Hanna, St. Ann South Eastern
Mr. Victor Wright Trelawny Northern
Mr. Ian Hayles, Hanover Western
Ms. Karena Silvera, St. Catherine Eastern
Mr. Julian Robinson, St. Andrew South Eastern
Mr. G. Anthony Hylton, St. Andrew Western
Mr. Fitz Jackson, St. Catherine Southern
Mr. Derrick Kellier, St. James Southern
Dr. Wykeham McNeill, Westmoreland Western
Ms. Natalie Neita-Headley, St. Catherine North Central
Mr. Mikael Phillips, Manchester North Western
Mr. Michael Stewart, Manchester Southern
Dr. Peter Phillips, St. Andrew East Central
Mr. Robert Pickersgill, St. Catherine North Western
Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield, Portland Eastern
Mr. Evon Redman, St. Elizabeth North Eastern
Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Kingston Central
Mr. Richard Azan, Clarendon North Western
Mr. Horace Dalley, Clarendon Northern
Dr. Dayton Campbell, St. Ann North Western
Dr. Winston Green, St. Mary South Eastern
The Senate is the Upper House. This is the list of senators:
- Senator The Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson, QC – President
- Senator Aubyn Hill - Deputy President
- Senator The Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith - Leader of Government Business
- Senator The Hon. Ruel Reid - Education and Information
- Senator The Hon. Pearnel Patroe Charles, Jr
- Senator Kavan Gayle
- Senator Ransford Braham
- Senator Don Wehby
- Senator Charles Sinclair, Jr.
- Senator Matthew Samuda
- Senator Delroy Williams
- Senator Kerensia Morrison
- Senator Dr. Sapphire Longmore-Dropinski
Opposition
- Senator Mark Golding - Leader of Opposition Business
- Senator Keith D. Knight, QC
- Senator Angela Brown-Burke
- Senator Floyd Morris
- Senator Sophia Frazer-Binns
- Senator Lambert Brown
- Senator Wentsworth Skeffery
- Senator Noel Sloley
