St. Augustine (parliamentary constituency)

The constituency was created prior to the 1961 general election. It borders D'Abadie/O'Meara, Arouca/Maloney, Tunapuna, Barataria/San Juan, Chaguanas West, La Horquetta/Talparo and Caroni East. The main towns are Piarco, Valsayn South, Curepe, Macoya, St Augustine and parts of Trincity and Tacarigua. It had an electorate of 27,244 as of 2015.^[2][3] It is considered a safe seat for the United National Congress although it was won by the Congress of the People in 2010 and 2015.^[4]

This constituency has elected the following members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago:^[2]

More information Election, Years ...

Election	Years	Member		Party		Notes
1961	29 December 1961 – 25 August 1966		Rudranath Capildeo		DLP	Also the Leader of the Opposition[5]
1966	25 Nov 1966 - 22 April 1971		John Bharath			[6]
1971	18 June 1971 – 19 June 1976		Ashraf Ali		PNM	[7]
1976	24 September 1976 – 18 September 1981		Haffezar Khan		ULF	[8]
1981	27 Nov 1981 - 29 Oct 1986		John Humphrey			[9]
1986	12 Jan 1987 - 19 Nov 1991		John Humphrey		NAR
1991	16 December 1991 – 10 December 2001		John Humphrey		UNC
2001	10 December 2001 – 7 October 2002		Gerald Yetming			[10]
2002	7 October 2002 – 5 November 2007		Winston Dookeran			[11]
2007	5 November 2007 – 24 May 2010		Vasant Bharath			[12]
2010	24 May 2010 – 10 August 2020		Prakash Ramadhar		COP	[13]
2020	10 August 2020 – Present		Khadijah Ameen		UNC	[14]

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