General elections were held in British Honduras on 28 April 1954, the first held under universal suffrage.[1] The new constitution replaced the Legislative Council with a Legislative Assembly, which had nine elected members, three officials and three appointed members.[1] The result was a decisive victory for the pro-independence People's United Party, which won eight of the nine seats in a coalition with the General Workers' Union.
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| Turnout | 70.41% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The pro-colonial National Party won the remaining seat, with NP candidate Charles Westby prevailing in the Toledo constituency.[2]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| People's United Party | 9,461 | 65.04 | 8 | |
| National Party | 3,342 | 22.98 | 1 | |
| Independents | 1,743 | 11.98 | 0 | |
| Total | 14,546 | 100.00 | 9 | |
| Valid votes | 14,546 | 99.32 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 100 | 0.68 | ||
| Total votes | 14,646 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 20,801 | 70.41 | ||
| Source: Elections & Boundaries Department | ||||
By division
edit| Division | Turnout | Political party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Belize North | 2,474 | People's United Party | George Price | 75.0 | ||
| Independent | John Smith | 25.0 | ||||
| Belize Rural | 1,445 | People's United Party | Herman Jex | 51.8 | ||
| Independent | Fred Hunter | 39.0 | ||||
| National Party | MBL Wilson | 9.3 | ||||
| Belize South | 1,854 | People's United Party | Phillip Goldson | 52.7 | ||
| National Party | Herbert Fuller | 47.3 | ||||
| Belize West | 2,626 | People's United Party | Leigh Richardson | 71.7 | ||
| National Party | Lionel Francis | 22.5 | ||||
| Independent | Frederick Westby | 5.8 | ||||
| Cayo | 1,300 | People's United Party | Enrique De Paz | 85.5 | ||
| Independent | S.A. McKinstry | 14.5 | ||||
| Corozal | 1,111 | People's United Party | Jose Leon Chin | 63.2 | ||
| Independent | William Gegg | 36.8 | ||||
| Orange Walk | 878 | People's United Party | George Flowers | 64.6 | ||
| National Party | William George | 35.4 | ||||
| Stann Creek | 2,023 | People's United Party | Nathaniel Cacho | 60.9 | ||
| National Party | Catarino Benguche | 39.1 | ||||
| Toledo | 935 | National Party | Charles Westby | 54.0 | ||
| People's United Party | George Gardiner | 46.0 | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p100 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ General Elections 1954, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
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