General elections were held on

Pitcairn Island Pitcairn Island is the only inhabited island of the Pitcairn Islands, of which many inhabitants are descendants of mutineers of HMS ''Bounty''. Geography The island is of volcanic origin, with a rugged cliff coastline. Unlike many other ...

on 25 December 1973.Election day on Pitcairn
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', February 1974, p11

Ivan Christian Ivan Roa Christian (31 May 1919 – 1991) was a politician from Pitcairn. He was the Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island from 1976 to 1984.John Carter, ''Pacific Islands Yearbook'' (1984), p. 366 As his surname suggests, he is descended from the ...

was elected as chair of the Internal Committee, with

Thelma Brown Thelma Adella Brown (21 November 1928 – August 2001) was a Pitcairnese politician. In 1973 she and Carol Christian were elected to the Island Council, becoming its first female members. Biography Brown was born Thelma Adella Christian on 21 N ...

and

Carol Christian Carol Ann Christian (born 28 December 1950) is an American astronomer and science communicator, who works for the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI; the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope) as a scientist on the instit ...

elected to the Island Council, becoming its first two female members. All three were elected unopposed.

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Elections in the Pitcairn Islands 1973 in the Pitcairn Islands