1949 Bahamian general election

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General elections were held in the Bahamas in June and July 1949,[1] the last entirely non-partisan elections in the country. This was the second election in which the secret ballot was used in New Providence and the first in which the secret ballot was use for the Out Islands.

Elected MPs[]

Number Name Party District Ethnicity
1 Stafford Lofthouse Sands Independent (first place) White
2 Independent (second place) White
3 Roland Theodore Symonette Independent (first place) White
4 Étienne Dupuch Independent (second place) White
5 Gerald Christopher Cash Independent (first place) Black
6 Independent (second place) Black
7 Independent Black
8 Independent Black
9 Independent White
10 Independent (first place) White
11 Basil Herbert McKinney Independent (second place) White
12 Independent Abaco (first place) White
13 Independent Abaco (second place) White
14 Independent Abaco (third place) White
15 Independent Harbour Island (first place) White
16 Independent Harbour Island (second place) White
17 Independent Harbour Island (third place) White
18 Independent Eleuthera (first place) White
19 Independent Eleuthera (second place) White
20 Independent Eleuthera (third place) White
21 Independent Cat Island (first place) White
22 William Cartwright Independent Cat Island (second place) Black
23 Independent Exuma (first place) White
24 Robert Symonette Independent Exuma (second place) White
25 Independent Rum Cay & San Salvador White
26 Independent Long Island (First place) White
27 Henry Milton Taylor Independent Long Island (Second place) White
28 Independent Crooked Islands, Long Cay, & Acklins White
29 Independent White
Source: sirrandolfawkes.com

References[]

  1. ^ Randol F Fawkes You should know your government: A study in citizenship
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