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1958 Montserratian General Election
General elections were held in Montserrat on 8 May 1958. Caribbean Elections The result was a victory for the , which won four of the five seats in the Legislative Council. Campaign A total of eleven candidates contested the elections, with the MLP nominating five, the Montserrat Democratic Party two and the remaining four running as independents.Howard A Fergus (1985) ''Rule Britannia: Politics in British Montserrat'', University Centre, p97[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montserrat
Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with roughly of coastline. It is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish diaspora, Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants. Montserrat is the only non-fully sovereign full member of the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. On 18 July 1995, the previously dormant Soufrière Hills volcano, in the southern part of the island, became active. Eruptions destroyed Montserrat's Georgian era capital city of Plymouth, Montserrat, Plymouth. Between 1995 and 2000, two-thirds of the island's population was forced to flee, primarily to the United Kingdom, leaving fewer than 1,200 people on the island in 1997 (rising to nearly 5,000 by 2016). The volcanic ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montserrat Labour Party
The Montserrat Labour Party (MLP) was a political party in Montserrat. History The party was established in 1951, and was linked with the Montserrat Trades and Labour Union. In the 1952 elections, the first held under universal suffrage, the party won all five seats in the Legislative Council. It lost two seat in the 1955 elections, but won four seats in 1958. Constitutional changes in 1960 created the post of Chief Minister, with MLP leader William Henry Bramble becoming the first person to hold the post. The party won five of the seven seats in the 1961 and 1966 elections. The 1970 elections were the first occasion on which the MLP had faced serious opposition.Robert J Alexander & Eldon M Parker (2004) ''A History of Organized Labor in the English-speaking West Indies'', Greenwood Publishing Group, p144 Percival Austin Bramble, son of William, had previously been a member of the MLP and was elected to the Legislative Council as an MLP candidate in the 1966 elections. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Council Of Montserrat
The Legislative Council was the unicameral legislature of Montserrat from 1951 to 2011. History Universal suffrage was introduced in Montserrat in 1951, with five members elected to the Legislative Council from 1952. Prior to the 1970 elections the number of elected seats was increased to seven. A new electoral system was introduced for the 2001 elections as a result of the volcanic eruptions rendering four of the seven constituencies uninhabitable. The seven single-member constituencies were replaced with one nine-member constituency in which voters could vote for nine candidates.General Election Results - 2 April 2001 Caribbean Elections A new constitution was introduced in 2011, which abolished the Legislative Council and replaced it with the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montserrat Democratic Party
The Montserrat Democratic Party (MDP) was a political party in Montserrat. History The original Montserrat Democratic Party was established in 1958 and led by Eric Kelsick. It was only the second party founded in the country after the Montserrat Labour Party.Howard A Fergus (1985) ''Rule Britannia: Politics in British Montserrat'', University Centre, p84 In the May 1958 elections it put forward two candidates, but received only 12% of the vote and failed to win a seat. The party was re-established in 2006. Caribbean Elections In the elections held later that year, it received 24.4% of the vote, winning one seat in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Montserrat
Elections in Montserrat take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a parliamentary system. The Legislative Assembly is directly elected, and a Chief Minister is selected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Assembly. Electoral history Elections were held in Montserrat in the 19th century, but with a severely limited franchise; in 1837 only 114 of the 7,119 residents of the island were eligible to vote. The partially elected Legislative Assembly dissolved itself in 1866 and was replaced with a wholly appointed body, which remained in place until 1937 when constitutional reforms reintroduced elected members. The reorganised legislature had nine seats; four elected, three held by government officials and two by nominees appointed by the Governor. The first elections in Montserrat in the 20th century took place in the same year. Universal suffrage was introduced in 1951, and the 1952 elections were the first in which all adults on the island coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Elections In The Caribbean
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