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2017 Saint Helena General Election
General elections were held in Saint Helena on 26 July 2017. A total of 17 candidates contested the elections.Official list of candidates for general election, 2017
St Helena Government, 12 July 2017


Electoral system

The 12 seats in the Legislative Council were elected by
plurality-at-large Plurality block voting, also known as plurality-at-large voting, block vote or block voting (BV) is a non- proportional voting system for electing representatives in multi-win ...
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Saint Helena
Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Saint Helena measures about and has a population of 4,439 per the 2021 census. It was named after Helena, mother of Constantine I. It is one of the most remote islands in the world and was uninhabited when discovered by the Portuguese enroute to the Indian subcontinent in 1502. For about four centuries the island was an important stopover for ships from Europe to Asia and back, while sailing around the African continent, until the opening of the Suez canal. St Helena is the United Kingdom's second-oldest overseas territory after Bermuda. Saint Helena is known for being the site of Napoleon's second exile, following his final defeat in 1815. ...
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Legislative Council Of Saint Helena
The Legislative Council of Saint Helena has 15 members, 12 members elected for a four-year term by popular vote and three members ''ex officio'' (appointed by the Governor). Members of the Council are referred to as Councillors and sometimes use the suffix "MLC" (Member of the Legislative Council), while the council itself is often referred to as "LegCo" by islanders officials. Election summary The twelve elected members of the 2021-2025 Legislative Council are: # Julie Thomas (888 votes) # Andrew James Turner (834 votes) # Corinda Sebastiana Stuart Essex (827 votes)* # Martin Dave Henry (750 votes)* # Jeffrey Robert Ellick (688 votes) # Ronald Arthur Coleman (678 votes) # Karl Gavin Thrower (611 votes) # Gillian Ann Brooks (561 votes) # Christine Scipio-O'Dean (533 votes)* # Mark Alan Brooks (532 votes) # Robert Charles Midwinter (485 votes) # Rosemary June Bargo (456 votes) : Electoral divisions Saint Helena is divided into eight districts, each with a community cen ...
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Plurality-at-large
Plurality block voting, also known as plurality-at-large voting, block vote or block voting (BV) is a non- proportional voting system for electing representatives in multi-winner elections. Each voter may cast as many votes as the number of seats to be filled. The usual result where the candidates divide into parties is that the most popular party in the district sees its full slate of candidates elected in a seemingly landslide victory. The term "plurality at-large" is in common usage in elections for representative members of a body who are elected or appointed to represent the whole membership of the body (for example, a city, state or province, nation, club or association). Where the system is used in a territory divided into multi-member electoral districts the system is commonly referred to as "block voting" or the "bloc vote". These systems are usually based on a single round of voting, but can also be used in the runoffs of majority-at-large voting, as in some local el ...
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Saint Helena General Election, 2013
General elections were held in Saint Helena on 17 July 2013.Election Profile
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Electoral system

The 12 elected members of the Legislative Council were elected in a single constituency, with voters having 12 votes to cast. This marked a change from the , which saw Council members elected in two six-seat constituencies. A further three ex officio members were appointed to the Council. A total of 20 candidates registered for the elections.


Results

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Christine Scipio-O'Dean
Christine Scipio-O'Dean (born 1971St Helena GovernmentChristine Scipio-O’Dean(2018)) is a politician from Saint Helena, who was a supporter of the approval of same-sex marriage in Saint Helena. Career Scipio-O'Dean was first elected councillor in 2012, as a result of a by-election after the resignation of Tara Thomas, and became one of two women councillors alongside Bernice Olsson. Prior to her political career she worked as a teacher and in finance administration. She was re-elected in 2013, and was appointed Executive Councillor for Education. In 2014 she attended the 60th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, held in Cameroon. In 2017 she was re-elected to the Legislative Council and was appointed as Chair of the Education Committee and Member of the Economic Development Committee. That year she supported the approval of same-sex marriage in Saint Helena. In 2019 she attended the 6th British Islands and Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP ...
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Elections In Saint Helena
Politics of Saint Helena takes place in a framework of limited self-government as a dependent territory of the United Kingdom, whereby the Governor is the head of government. Saint Helena, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean, is a part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. It has had its present constitution since 1 September 2009. Executive power is exercised by the Governor and the Executive Council. Legislative power is vested in both the Governor and the Legislative Council. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom. Saint Helena had until 2009 two dependencies: Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha. These territories have their own political structures with Administrators under the Governor of Saint Helena. They are now equal parts of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha along with St Helena itself. Executive branch , align=lef ...
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