82 candidates nominated for 29 seats in House
Now for the actual details of the nominations. The official list has just been handed to me and you’re getting them at just the same time I am.
Mesopotamia
U.D.P. – Michael Finnegan
P.U.P. – Ray Lightburn
P.D.P. – Lisburn Peters
Caribbean Shores
U.D.P. – Manuel Esquivel
P.U.P. – Jose Coye
P.D.P. – Marilyn Pollard
Port Loyola
U.D.P. – Anthony Martinez
P.U.P. – Dolores B. Garcia
N.A.B.R. – Figenia Cayetano
P.D.P. – Robert Mariano
Freetown
U.D.P. – Marisa Quan
P.U.P. – Jorge Espat
P.D.P. – Abel Rodriguez
Queen’s Square
U.D.P. – Dean Barrow
P.U.P. – Dickie Bradley
P.D.P. – Russell August
Collet
U.D.P. – Faith Babb
P.U.P. – Remijio Montejo
N.A.B.R. – Leigh Flowers
P.D.P. – Enrique Silva
Lake Independence
U.D.P. – Hubert Elrington
P.U.P. – Cordel Hyde
P.D.P. – Jose Sosa
Reality Party – Jorge Ernesto Babb
Fort George
U.D.P. – Derek Aikman
P.U.P. – Said Musa
Pickstock
U.D.P. – Wilfred Elrington
P.U.P. – George Price
P.D.P. – Ivan Roberts
Albert
U.D.P. – Tom Morrison
P.U.P. – Mark Espat
N.A.B.R. – Gilda Lewis
P.D.P. – Ruth Smith
Belize Rural North
U.D.P. – Denton Belisle
P.U.P. – Maxwell Samuels
N.A.B.R. – Rene Coleman
P.D.P. – Estevan Pererra
Belize Rural Central
U.D.P. – Louis Sylvestre
P.U.P. – Ralph Fonseca
P.D.P. – Gloria Bowen
Belize Rural South
U.D.P. – Manuel Heredia
P.U.P. – Patty Arceo
Orange Walk Central
U.D.P. – Ruben Campos
P.U.P. – Johnny Briceño
Orange Walk East
U.D.P. – Elodio Aragon
P.U.P. – Dave Burgos
Orange Walk North
U.D.P. – Fred Martinez
P.U.P. – Servulo Baeza
Orange Walk South
U.D.P. – Onesimo Pech
P.U.P. – Salus Lizama
Corozal Southwest
U.D.P. – Asterio Ortega
P.U.P. – Gregorio Garcia
Corozal Southeast
U.D.P. – Eloy Navarro
P.U.P. – Florencio Marin
Corozal Bay
U.D.P. – Willard Levy
P.U.P. – Vildo Marin
Corozal North
U.D.P. – Guadalupe Longsworth
P.U.P. – Valdemar Castillo
Cayo North
U.D.P. – Salvador Fernandez
P.U.P. – Ainslie Leslie
IND. – Nazim Juan
Cayo South
U.D.P. – John Saldivar
P.U.P. – Agripino Cawich
N.A.B.R. – Melvin Hulse Sr.
P.D.P. – Rudolfo Lopez
IND. – Ismael Garcia
Cayo Central
U.D.P. – Eduardo Juan
P.U.P. – Daniel Silva Jr.
N.A.B.R. – John Mena
Cayo West
U.D.P. – Erwin Contreras
P.U.P. – Amin Hegar
Stann Creek West
U.D.P. – Melvin Hulse Jr.
P.U.P. – Henry Canton
IND. – Mateo Polanco
Dangriga
U.D.P. – Russell Garcia
P.U.P. – Theodore Aranda
P.D.P. – Luke Palacio
Toledo East
U.D.P. – Ryan Pennil
P.U.P. – Michael Espat
N.A.B.R. – Maximilliano Requeña
Toledo West
U.D.P. – Dennis Usher
P.U.P. – Marcial Mes
The total comes up to 29 U.D.P.s, 29 P.U.P.s, 13 P.D.P.s, 7 N.A.B.R.s, 1 National Reality Truth Creationist and 3 independents. Notable among the no-shows was independent Nicholas Pollard Sr. in Pickstock and Belize National Party founder Leonard Bracket.