Dolores Balderamos Garcia; only elected woman representative

There is finally a woman in the House. Three women: Dolores Balderamos Garcia, Patty Arceo and Carolyn Trench Sandiford, entered the race for the general elections. All were fielded by the People’s United Party. Attorney Balderamos Garcia, edged out Michael Hutchinson, her contender in Belize Rural Central, to become the only elected woman representative. It is not her first win; in 1998, Dolores won in the Port Loyola constituency but lost in the 2003 elections. She strategically moved to the sprawling Rural Central constituency, where on Wednesday night, the Hattieville box, propelled her to a comfortable lead of just over two hundred votes more than Hutchinson.