General elections were held in British Guiana in September 1930.
Electoral system
editFollowing the victory of the Popular Party in the 1926 elections, constitutional reforms in 1928 replaced the 22-member Combined Court with a new 30-member Legislative Council, which included an extra eight appointees,[1] giving them a majority of seats over the elected members. The new Legislative Council consisted of the Governor, two ex-officio members, eight official members, five unofficial members and 14 members elected in single-member constituencies.[2]
Results
editPopular Party candidates were elected unopposed in eight constituencies as a result of disquiet over the 1928 constitutional reforms.[3]
| Constituency | Elected member | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Berbice River | Joseph Eleazar | ||
| Central Demerara | John Ignatius De Aguiar | ||
| Demerara-Essequibo | Jung Bahadur Singh | ||
| Demerara River | Alfred Victor Crane | ||
| Eastern Berbice | Edward Alfred Luckhoo | ||
| Eastern Demerara | Arnold Emanuel Seeram | ||
| Essequibo River | Edmund Fitzgerald Fredericks | ||
| Georgetown Central | Percy Claude Wight | ||
| Georgetown North | Nelson Cannon | ||
| Georgetown South | Joseph Gonsalves | ||
| New Amsterdam | Eustace Gordon Woolford | ||
| North Western District | Victorine Antonio Pires | ||
| Western Berbice | Albert Raymond Forbes Webber | ||
| Western Essequibo | Robert Edward Brassington | ||
| Source: Parliament of Guyana | |||
Aftermath
editThe first meeting of the newly elected Council was held on 16 October.[2]
References
edit- ^ New constitution of 1928 Guyana.org
- ^ a b Historical information events and dates on the Parliament of Guyana from 1718 to 2006 Parliament of Guyana
- ^ James G Rose (1992) British colonial policy and the transfer of power in British Guiana, 1945-1964 King's College London