General elections were held in
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 r ...
on 8 May 1958.
General Election Results - 8 May 1958
Caribbean Elections 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 pa ...
, 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]
Results
References
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Elections in Montserrat
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 r ...
1958 in Montserrat
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results
May 1958 events in North America