Collet (Belize House constituency)

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	-

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