October 12, 2015
Rejected Bloomfield to run in East Portland
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Rejected Member of Parliament for East Portland Lynvale Bloomfield confirmed Tuesday afternoon that he will represent the governing People’s National Party in the next general elections.Jamaica Observer
The incumbent MP was dealt a massive blow when attorney-at-law Andrea Moore defeated him by eight votes in a candidate selection run-off last month.
Bloomfield received 133 votes to Moore’s 141.
Responding to speculations that the party had overruled the delegate’s decision, Bloomfield told OBSERVER ONLINE that, “All aspirants knew that it was an indicative selection.”
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