Peter Bunting

Peter Bunting
Minister of National Security
In office
5 January 2012 – February 2016
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor GeneralPatrick Allen
Preceded byDwight Nelson
Succeeded byRobert Montague
Member of Parliament
for Manchester Central
Assumed office
11 September 2007 – 3 September 2020
Preceded byJohn Junor
Succeeded byRhoda Moy-Crawford
Member of Parliament
for Clarendon South Eastern
In office
30 March 1993 – 18 December 1998
Preceded byHugh Shearer
Succeeded byBasil Burrell
Personal details
Born
Peter Murcott Bunting

(1960-09-07) 7 September 1960 (age 64)
Clarendon, Jamaica
Political partyPeople's National Party
Alma materMcGill University
University of Florida

Peter Murcott Bunting, MP (born 7 September 1960) was the fifth National Security Minister of Jamaica[1] (Jan 2012 - Feb 2016) and the Former Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Central Manchester. Bunting was the General Secretary of the People's National Party, a position which he has held from January 2008 to January 2014.[citation needed] In the 2020 People's National Party leadership election, Bunting was the lead contender in the polls before the PNP's stunning [2] defeat in the 2020 Jamaican general election, in which he lost his Manchester Central seat in Jamaica's parliament.

  1. ^ "Ministry of National Security, Jamaica". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ^ "#JaVotes2020 | Stunning defeat of Bunting in Manchester Central". jamaica-gleaner.com. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2022.