General elections were held in

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on 18 March 1955. The result was a victory for the

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 p ...

, which won three of the five seats in the Legislative Council. The other two seats were taken by the independent candidate

Robert William Griffith The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(who had left the MLP) and a Merchant Planter,

William Lleweyn Wall William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

.Howard A Fergus (1985) ''Rule Britannia: Politics in British Montserrat'', University Centre, p19

Results

Elected MPs

References

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