Montserratian General Election, 1966
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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, wit ...
in 1966.General Election Results - 1966
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The result was a victory for the
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, which won five of the seven seats in the
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. MLP leader
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remained
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.


Campaign

A total of 20 candidates contested the elections; the MLP had a full slate of seven candidates, the Montserrat Workers' Progressive Party nominated five, with the remaining eight running as independents.Howard A Fergus (1985) ''Rule Britannia: Politics in British Montserrat'', University Centre, p99


Results


Elected MPs


References

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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, wit ...
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