Bahamian general election, 1962 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

General elections were held in the Bahamas on 2 May 1962, the first under universal suffrage. Whilst the Progressive Liberal Party

Progressive Liberal Party

The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....

won the most votes, the United Bahamian Party

United Bahamian Party

The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...

won the most seats, largely as a result of gerrymandering

Gerrymandering

In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan, incumbent-protected districts...

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....	32,261	43.9	8
United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	26,500	36.1	18
Labour Party Labour Party (Bahamas) The Labour Party was a minor political party in the Bahamas. In the 1962 general elections it won a single seat, taken by Randol Fawkes. Fawkes retained his seat in the 1967 elections, in which the United Bahamian Party and the Progressive Liberal Party won 18 seats each. Although the UBP had won...	3,049	4.1	1
Independents	11,516	15.7	6
Invalid/blank votes
Total	73,326	100	33
Source: Hughes

Elected MPs

Number	Name	Party	District	Ethnicity
1	Stafford Sands Stafford Sands Sir Stafford Lofthouse Sands was a former finance minister of the Bahamas. He helped create the Bahamas' tourism industry....	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	New Providence - Nassau City (first place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
2	Raymond W. Sawyer	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	New Providence - Nassau City (second place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
3	Roland Symonette	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	New Providence East Central (first place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
4	Eugene Dupuch	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	New Providence East Central (second place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
5	Arthur Hanna	Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....	New Providence East (first place)	Black Black Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
6	Geoffrey Johnstone Geoffrey Johnstone Sir Geoffrey Adams Dinwiddie Johnstone, KCMG is a Bahamas politician and lawyer.He is the eldest son of the late Bruce Eric Johnstone and Wilhelmina Helena Aline Johnstone née Kemp...	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	New Providence East (second place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
7	Paul Adderley	Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....	New Providence West (first place)	Black Black Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
8	Milo Butler Milo Butler Milo Butler, GCMG was a Bahamian administrator. He was appointed as the first Bahamian Governor-General on the recommendation of Lynden Pindling, prime minister of The Bahamas and leader of the Progressive Liberal Party , of which he was also a member...	Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....	New Providence West (second place)	Black Black Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
9	Lynden Pindling Lynden Pindling Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling KCMG, OM, JP , is generally regarded as the "Father of the Nation" of the Bahamas, having led it to Majority Rule on 10 January 1967 and then to independence on 10 July 1973. He served as the first black premier of the Colony of the Bahama Islands from 1967 to 1969 and as...	Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....	New Providence South Central (first place)	Black Black Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
10	Orville Turnquest	Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....	New Providence South Central (second place)	Black Black Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
11	S.S. Bethel	Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....	New Providence South (first place)	Black Black Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
12	Randol Fawlkes	Labour Party Labour Party (Bahamas) The Labour Party was a minor political party in the Bahamas. In the 1962 general elections it won a single seat, taken by Randol Fawkes. Fawkes retained his seat in the 1967 elections, in which the United Bahamian Party and the Progressive Liberal Party won 18 seats each. Although the UBP had won...	New Providence South (second place)	Black Black Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
13	Harold Degregory	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Grand Bahama & Bimini	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
14	Clarence Bain	Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....	Andros & Berry Islands (first place)	Black Black Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
15	John Stevenson John Stevenson -Military:John Dunlap Stevenson, Union Civil War generalJohn D. Stevenson *John H. Stevenson , member of the American Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War-Politicians:...	Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....	Andros & Berry Islands (second place)	Black Black Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
16	Leonard Thompson	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Abaco Abaco Islands The Abaco Islands lie in the northern Bahamas and comprise the main islands of Great Abaco and Little Abaco, together with the smaller Wood Cay, Elbow Cay, Lubbers Quarters Cay, Green Turtle Cay, Great Guana Cay, Castaway Cay, Man-o-War Cay, Stranger's Cay, Umbrella Cay, Walker's Cay, Little Grand... (first place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
17	F.H. Christie	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Abaco Abaco Islands The Abaco Islands lie in the northern Bahamas and comprise the main islands of Great Abaco and Little Abaco, together with the smaller Wood Cay, Elbow Cay, Lubbers Quarters Cay, Green Turtle Cay, Great Guana Cay, Castaway Cay, Man-o-War Cay, Stranger's Cay, Umbrella Cay, Walker's Cay, Little Grand... (second place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
18	J.H. Bethell	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Abaco Abaco Islands The Abaco Islands lie in the northern Bahamas and comprise the main islands of Great Abaco and Little Abaco, together with the smaller Wood Cay, Elbow Cay, Lubbers Quarters Cay, Green Turtle Cay, Great Guana Cay, Castaway Cay, Man-o-War Cay, Stranger's Cay, Umbrella Cay, Walker's Cay, Little Grand... (third place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
19	J.T. Albury	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Harbour Island (first place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
19	G.D. Foster Clarke	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Harbour Island (second place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
20	Alvin Braynen	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Harbour Island (third place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
21	George Baker George Baker George Baker may refer to:George Baker , English surgeonSir George Baker, 1st Baronet , British physician*George Baker...	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Eleuthera Eleuthera Eleuthera is an island in The Bahamas, lying 50 miles east of Nassau. It is very long and thin—110 miles long and in places little more than a mile wide. According to the 2000 Census, the population of Eleuthera is approximately 8,000... (first place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
22	Charles Trevor Kelly	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Eleuthera Eleuthera Eleuthera is an island in The Bahamas, lying 50 miles east of Nassau. It is very long and thin—110 miles long and in places little more than a mile wide. According to the 2000 Census, the population of Eleuthera is approximately 8,000... (second place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
23	Useph Baker	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Eleuthera Eleuthera Eleuthera is an island in The Bahamas, lying 50 miles east of Nassau. It is very long and thin—110 miles long and in places little more than a mile wide. According to the 2000 Census, the population of Eleuthera is approximately 8,000... (third place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
24	G.K. Kelly	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Cat Island	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
25	Harold G. Christie	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Cat Island	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
26	Robert Symonette Robert Symonette Robert "Bobby" Hallam Symonette was a Bahamian yachtsman, businessman and politician.Bobby Symonette was an accomplished international yachtsman. He represented the Bahamas at five Olympic Games, at Melbourne in 1956, Rome in 1960, Tokyo in 1964, Mexico in 1968 and Munich in 1972...	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Exuma Exuma Exuma is a district of the Bahamas, consisting of over 360 islands . The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma by a small bridge. The capital and largest city in the district is George Town , founded 1793 and located on Great... (first place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
27	F.H. Brown	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Exuma Exuma Exuma is a district of the Bahamas, consisting of over 360 islands . The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma by a small bridge. The capital and largest city in the district is George Town , founded 1793 and located on Great... (second place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
28	Roy M. Solomon	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Rum Cay & San Salvador	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
29	Peter Graham Peter Graham Peter Graham , born 1958, is one of the leading composers for brass band. After his education at the University of Edinburgh, he undertook postgraduate studies with Edward Gregson at Goldsmiths College, University of London...	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Long Island Long Island, Bahamas Long Island is an island in the Bahamas that is split by the Tropic of Cancer. Its capital is Clarence Town. Long Island is one of the Districts of the Bahamas and is known as the most scenic island in the Bahamas. The population is roughly 4,000 inhabitants.-Geography:Long Island is about 130... (first place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
30	Donald D’albenas	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Long Island Long Island, Bahamas Long Island is an island in the Bahamas that is split by the Tropic of Cancer. Its capital is Clarence Town. Long Island is one of the Districts of the Bahamas and is known as the most scenic island in the Bahamas. The population is roughly 4,000 inhabitants.-Geography:Long Island is about 130... (second place)	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
31	B.T. Kelly	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...	Crooked Islands, Long Cay, & Acklins	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
32	Bernard Dupuch	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Mayaguana & Inagua Islands	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
Source: Hughes

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