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Bermudan General Election, 1985
General elections were held in Bermuda on 29 October 1985.October 1985 Parliamentary Registry Caribbean Elections The result was a victory for the United Bermuda Party, which won 31 of the 40 seats in the House of Assembly of Bermuda, House of Assembly. A total of 98 candidates contested the election, although one seat, Southampton Parish, Bermuda, Southampton West, was uncontested and the two United Bermuda Party candidates returned unopposed. Results References Elections in Bermuda 1985 elections in North America, Bermuda 1985 in Bermuda 1985 e ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Bermudian General Election
General elections were held in Bermuda on 4 February 1983.February 4, 1983 Parliamentary Registry The result was a victory for the , which won 26 of the 40 seats. Electoral system The 40 members of the were elected in 20 two-member constituencies. Voters had two votes, with the two candidates with the highest vote number being elected.Results Of the 29,958 registered voters, 24,163 cast valid votes. In 18 constituencies both elected ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Bermuda Party
The United Bermuda Party (UBP) was a political party in Bermuda, which represented itself as centrist party with a moderate social and fiscal agenda. The party held power in Bermuda's House of Assembly continuously from 1968 to 1998, the 47-year-old party was dissolved on 30 June 2011 after the majority of its members joined the One Bermuda Alliance. History Foundation and government, 1964-1998 The United Bermuda Party was founded on 21 August 1964, by 24 members of Bermuda's Parliament, following the formation of the Progressive Labour Party the previous year. Sir Henry Tucker became the leader of the new party. The party won 30 of the 40 seats at the 1968 election and formed the first government and Tucker was appointed Bermuda's first Premier. under Bermuda's new constitution and universal adult suffrage. The party was loosely modelled on the UK's Conservative Party. From 1968 until 1998, the UBP won 8 straight elections. The 1970s saw the UBP majority in Parliament de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Elections In British Overseas Territories
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches '' Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record " We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
