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Tunapuna con­stituents said high crime and a de­sire for change in rep­re­sen­ta­tion led to for­mer MP Es­mond Forde’s elec­tion de­feat.

Forde had served as MP for ten years and be­fore that he had been coun­cil­lor for Au­zonville-Tu­na­puna for five years. He al­so served as Vice Chair­man of the Tu­na­puna/Pi­ar­co Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion for two years.

Forde, known as an af­fa­ble, down-to-earth politi­cian, earned 6,943 votes, well be­hind the UNC’s Roger Alexan­der who amassed 8,466 votes.