1948 Bermudian general election
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General elections were held in Bermuda from 2 to 4 June 1948.[1] Women had been given the right to vote and stand for election in 1944 and had been able to vote in a by-election in Paget in the same year. This was the first general election in which they could vote and be candidates.[2]
There were around 4,120 electors, although this included many property owners who were allowed more than one registration to vote.[1]
Results[]
Two women were elected, Hilda Aitken and Edna Watson.
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Notes |
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Devonshire | 156 | Elected | |
154 | Elected | ||
153 | Elected | ||
Nicholas Bayard Dill | 148 | Elected | |
Walter Robinson | 82 | ||
Hamilton | 148 | Elected | |
142 | Elected | ||
139 | Elected | ||
123 | Elected | ||
Hilton Gray Hill | 122 | ||
John Gwynne Bassett | 42 | ||
Paget | 170 | Elected | |
166 | Elected | ||
Edna Watson | 145 | Elected | |
W.W. Davidson | 125 | Elected | |
J.E. Frith | 117 | ||
Leon Powell | 114 | ||
J.F. Tucker | 57 | ||
Rejected | 2 | ||
Pembroke | H.D. Butterfield | 436 | Elected |
J.E. Pearman | 436 | Elected | |
363 | Elected | ||
Gilbert Cooper | 362 | Elected | |
Morris Gibbons | 351 | Unseated | |
Edward Nicholl | 243 | ||
St George's | Dudley Spurling | 259 | Elected |
247 | Elected | ||
E.P.T. Tucker | 242 | Elected | |
234 | Elected | ||
Edgar F. Gordon | 216 | Unseated | |
Frances Fox | 42 | ||
Sandys | F.C. Misick | 227 | Elected |
C.G. Gilbert | 213 | Elected | |
Jeffrey Carlton Astwood | 184 | Elected | |
W.E. Roberts | 182 | Elected | |
G.O. Ratteray | 146 | ||
Alice Scott | 103 | ||
Smith's | B.C.C. Outerbridge | 145 | Elected |
145 | Elected | ||
Hilda Aitken | 101 | Elected | |
87 | Elected | ||
Howard Mercer | 77 | ||
Clarence Peniston | 44 | ||
Southampton | Reginald Conyers | 137 | Elected |
130 | Elected | ||
180 | Elected | ||
179 | Elected | ||
Edgar F. Gordon | 112 | ||
Walter Robinson | 100 | ||
James Smith | 91 | ||
Leonard Charles Bascombe | 90 | ||
Warwick | 225 | Elected | |
E.H. Barnes | 180 | Elected | |
E.T. Richards | 176 | Elected | |
170 | Elected | ||
F.H. Edmondson | 165 | ||
Paul Jones | 55 | ||
Rufus Astwood | 35 | ||
Earlington Simons | 32 | ||
Rejected | 0 | ||
Source: Royal Gazette, Royal Gazette, Royal Gazette |
References[]
- ^ a b Over 1,000 More Votes To Be Cast Than In 1943 The Royal Gazette, 2 June 1948
- ^ Bermuda's History from 1939 World War 2 to 1951 Bermuda Online
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