The 2025 General Election will be a three-way race among Pastor Leroy Bean [PLP], Lateef Trott [OBA], and Desmond Crockwell [FDM].
The PLP has won the seat with over 72% of the vote since the one seat system started in 2003, with all five of those elections won by the PLP’s Derrick Burgess. As Mr Burgess will not be running for re-election, this area will have a new MP for the first time in over 20 years.
- 2020 Winner – Derrick Burgess [PLP]
- PLP’s 2020 Candidate – Derrick Burgess
- OBA’s 2020 Candidate – Elizabeth Harvey Deacon
- FDM’s 2020 Candidate – Desmond Wayne Crockwell
The Constituency Boundaries Report [PDF] states: “Constituency #5 Hamilton East shall be all that land contained within a line drawn from the junction of North Shore Road with Twin Lanes South; thence North-West along the centreline of Twin Lanes South to the end of Twin Lanes South; thence North-West to a point on the Railway Trail; thence North-West to a point on the coastline; thence continuing North-East along the coastline to a point on the coastline North-West of the junction of North Shore Road with Fractious Street; thence South-East to the junction of North Shore Road with Fractious Street; thence South-East along the centreline of Fractious Street to the junction with Sunrise Drive; thence South-East along the centreline of Sunrise Drive to the junction with Mount Wyndham Drive; thence West along the centreline of Mount Wyndham Drive to the junction with Wyndham Hill Road; thence West along the centreline of Wyndham Hill Road to the junction with Trinity Church Road; thence South-East along the centreline of Trinity Church Road to the junction with Bayside Lane; thence South to a point on the coastline of Harrington Sound; thence South-West along the coastline of Harrington Sound to a point on the coastline South-East of the end point of My Lord’s Bay Road; thence North-West to the end of My Lord’s Bay Road; thence North-West along the centreline of My Lord’s Bay Road to the first property boundary of the properties at Midland Heights Crescent; thence North–East and then North-West along the property boundaries of the properties at Midland Heights Crescent to the junction of North Shore Road and North Church Lane; thence North-East along the centreline of North Shore Road to the junction with Twin Lanes South and shall include Bay Island.”
