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1954 Elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1954. Africa * French legislative by-election, 1954 (Guinea) * 1954 Southern Rhodesian general election * 1954 Gambian legislative election * 1954 Gold Coast legislative election Asia * 1954 Iranian legislative election * 1954 Taiwan presidential election * 1954 Syrian parliamentary election Europe * 1954 Belgian general election * 1954 Finnish parliamentary election * 1954 Irish general election * 1954 Soviet Union legislative election * 1954 Turkish general election * 1954 Luxembourgian legislative election United Kingdom * 1954 Aberdare by-election * 1954 Armagh by-election * 1954 Inverness by-election North America * 1954 British Honduras legislative election Canada * 1954 Edmonton municipal election * 1954 Northwest Territories general election * 1954 Ottawa municipal election * 1954 Toronto municipal election United States * United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1954 * 1954 California gubernatori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Legislative By-election, 1954 (Guinea)
A by-election for one of the French National Assembly seats from French Guinea, Guinea was held on June 27, 1954. The French Section of the Workers International, socialist Yaciné Diallo, who had won one of the three Guinean seats in the 1951 French legislative election, 1951 French National Assembly election, died in April 1954, after which the by-election was called. The election was won by Diawadou Barry, but it also marked of the ascent of Sékou Touré's Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) in Guinean politics.Rivière, Claude. Guinea: The Mobilization of a People'' Candidates There were three main candidates taking part in the election; Barry Diawadou, Sékou Touré and Ibrahima Barry ('Barry III') of the newly founded Socialist Democracy of Guinea (DSG). Barry Diawadou was supported by a coordination committee of local formations during the run-up to the election. The coordination committee based on an agreement between the Fula people, Fula (french: Peul; ff, Fulɓe) chiefs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Edmonton Municipal Election
The 1954 municipal election was held October 13, 1954 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees each to sit on the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided seven plebiscite questions. No election was held for mayor, as William Hawrelak was one year into a two-year term. There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Harold Tanner (SS), Rupert Clare, Abe Miller, Charles Simmonds, and Cliffard Roy (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1953 and were still in office. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Mary Butterworth (ss), William Cowley, James Falconer, and John Thorogood (SS) had been acclaimed to two-year terms in 1953 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Andre Dechene, Amby Lenon (SS), Catherine McGrath, and William Sereda were continuing. Voter turnout There were 20,866 ballot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 United States Senate Elections
The 1954 United States Senate elections was a midterm election in the first term of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. Eisenhower's Republican party lost a net of two seats to the Democratic opposition. This small change was just enough to give Democrats control of the chamber with the support of an Independent (Wayne Morse of Oregon) who caucused with them. The elections resulted in a divided government that continued to the end of Eisenhower's presidency and a Democratic majority that would last until 1981. As of 2022, this is the last Senate election cycle in which a state (both Nebraska and North Carolina) had to hold three simultaneous elections (two special elections and one regular election) due to the near-simultaneous deaths of both incumbent Senators. Results summary ''Colored shading indicates party with largest share of that row.'' Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Incumbents defeated In renomination Democratic hold # North Carolina (Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 United States House Of Representatives Elections
The 1954 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1954 which occurred in the middle of President Dwight Eisenhower's first term. Eisenhower's Republican Party lost eighteen seats in the House, giving the Democratic Party a majority that it would retain in every House election until 1994. , this is the last time the House changed partisan control in two cycles in a row. Perhaps the major reason for the Republican defeat was the backlash against the Army-McCarthy Hearings, in which prominent Republican Senator Joe McCarthy accused countless political and intellectual figures of having Communist ties, usually with no evidence. Another issue was the Dixon-Yates contract to supply power to the Atomic Energy Commission. Sam Rayburn of Texas became Speaker of the House, exchanging places with new Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts; they went back to what they had been before the 1952 el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 South Carolina Gubernatorial Election
The 1954 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. George Bell Timmerman won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 105th governor of South Carolina. Democratic primary The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1954. George Bell Timmerman was the current Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina and only faced nominal opposition in the Democratic primary. General election The general election was held on November 2, 1954 and George Bell Timmerman was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition. Turnout was much higher than the previous gubernatorial election because there was an extremely competitive Senate race on the ballot, featuring former governor Strom Thurmond. , - , , colspan=5 , Democratic hold , - See also * Governor of South Carolina * List of governors of South Caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives Elections In South Carolina, 1954
The 1954 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 2, 1954, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections were held on July 13. All six incumbents were re-elected and the composition of the state delegation remained solely Democratic. 1st congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1941, defeated Republican challenger Mrs. John E. Messervy. General election results , - , , colspan=5 , Democratic hold , - 2nd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman John J. Riley of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1951, defeated Republican challenger I.S. Leevy. General election results , - , , colspan=5 , Democratic hold , - 3rd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn of the 3rd congressional district, in offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election
The 1954 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 2. In what is considered a crucial realigning election for the state, Democratic State Senator George M. Leader defeated Republican incumbent Lieutenant Governor Lloyd Wood by a large margin, becoming the first Democrat to be elected governor since 1934. Major Party Candidates Democratic *George M. Leader, State Senator (from York County) **running mate: Roy Furman, former Speaker of the State House of Representatives (from Greene County) Republican *Lloyd Wood, Lieutenant Governor (from Montgomery County) **running mate: Frank Truscott, Attorney General (from Montgomery County) Campaign Entering the 1954 campaign, Democrats had a dismal record in state politics, winning the governorship only three times in 24 elections; the party's stock had languished for fifteen years since the damaging administration of George Earle in the late 1930s. As a result, Leader was viewed as another mediocre if idealistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election
The 1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1954. Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate Orville Freeman defeated Republican Party of Minnesota incumbent C. Elmer Anderson. Results See also * List of Minnesota gubernatorial elections External links * http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=653 * http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=657 Minnesota Gubernatorial 1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ... November 1954 events in the United States {{Minnesota-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election
The 1954 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954. Republican governor Christian Herter was re-elected, defeating Democrat Robert F. Murphy, Socialist Labor candidate Lawrence Gilfedder, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams. Democratic primary Candidates * Francis E. Kelly, former Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General * Robert F. Murphy, State Representative from Malden and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Results General election Results See also * 1953–1954 Massachusetts legislature References {{DEFAULTSORT:Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election, 1954 1954 Gubernatorial A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political_regions, political region, ranking under the Head of State, head of state and in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of ... 1954 United States gubernatorial elections November 1954 events in the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Maine Gubernatorial Election
The 1954 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 13, 1954. Incumbent Republican Governor Burton M. Cross was seeking a second term which would have made him the fifth consecutive Governor (all Republicans) to be elected twice. Democratic state representative Edmund Muskie, widely viewed as the underdog due to Maine's solidly Republican history, was able to pull an upset victory and become the first Democrat to be elected to the Blaine House since Louis J. Brann in 1934, and only the fourth Democrat in the 20th century. Results Notes 1954 Maine Gubernatorial A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political_regions, political region, ranking under the Head of State, head of state and in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of ... September 1954 events in the United States {{Maine-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 California Gubernatorial Election
The 1954 California gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Republican governor Goodwin Knight, who had ascended to the office after Earl Warren resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States the previous year, won the election to serve his sole term as Governor of California. Knight remains the last Republican gubernatorial candidate as of 2022 to carry San Francisco. Primary elections Primary elections were held on June 8, 1954. Democratic primary Candidates * Richard P. Graves, former director of the League of California Cities * Goodwin J. Knight, incumbent Governor (cross-filing) *Roderick J. Wilson Results Republican primary Candidates *Cornell L. Gabrish * Richard P. Graves, former director of the League of California Cities (cross-filing) * Goodwin J. Knight, incumbent Governor Results Independent–Progressive primary Candidates *Cornell L. Galbrish Results Galbrish was disqualified from the general election as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives Elections In California, 1954
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1954 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 6, 1954. Democrats gained two seats and lost one seat. Overview Results Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 District 10 District 11 District 12 District 13 District 14 District 15 District 16 District 17 District 18 District 19 District 20 District 21 District 22 District 23 District 24 District 25 District 26 District 27 District 28 District 29 District 30 See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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