1954 British Honduras general election

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28 April 1954

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Turnout

70.41%

	First party	Second party
	PUP	NP
Leader	Leigh Richardson (acting)	Harrison Courtenay
Party	PUP	NP
Leader since	1953	1951
Leader's seat	Belize West	Did not run
Seats won	8	1
Popular vote	9,461	3,342
Percentage	65.04%	22.98%

Majority party leader before election

N/A

Elected Majority party leader

Leigh Richardson
PUP

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General elections were held in British Honduras on 28 April 1954, the first held under universal suffrage. The new constitution replaced the Legislative Council with a Legislative Assembly, which had nine elected members, three officials and three appointed members. The result was a decisive victory for the pro-independence People's United Party, which won eight of the nine seats in a coalition with the General Workers' Union.

The pro-colonial National Party won the remaining seat, with NP candidate Charles Westby prevailing in the Toledo constituency.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	People's United Party	9,461	65.04	8
	National Party	3,342	22.98	1
	Independents	1,743	11.98	0
Total		14,546	100.00	9

Valid votes		14,546	99.32
Invalid/blank votes		100	0.68
Total votes		14,646	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,801	70.41
Source: Elections & Boundaries Department

By division

Division	Turnout		Candidate	%
Belize North	2,474	People's United Party	George Price	75.0
Belize North	2,474	Independent	John Smith	25.0
Belize Rural	1,445	People's United Party	Herman Jex	51.8
		Independent	Fred Hunter	39.0
		National Party	MBL Wilson	9.3
Belize South	1,854	People's United Party	Phillip Goldson	52.7
Belize South	1,854	National Party	Herbert Fuller	47.3
Belize West	2,626	People's United Party	Leigh Richardson	71.7
		National Party	Lionel Francis	22.5
		Independent	Frederick Westby	5.8
Cayo	1,300	People's United Party	Enrique De Paz	85.5
Cayo	1,300	Independent	S.A. McKinstry	14.5
Corozal	1,111	People's United Party	Jose Leon Chin	63.2
Corozal	1,111	Independent	William Gegg	36.8
Orange Walk	878	People's United Party	George Flowers	64.6
Orange Walk	878	National Party	William George	35.4
Stann Creek	2,023	People's United Party	Nathaniel Cacho	60.9
Stann Creek	2,023	National Party	Catarino Benguche	39.1
Toledo	935	National Party	Charles Westby	54.0
Toledo	935	People's United Party	George Gardiner	46.0

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p100 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
General Elections 1954, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)

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