1990 British Virgin Islands general election
General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 12 November 1990.[1] The result was a decisive victory for the incumbent Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt. Three other parties contested the election: the BVI United Party (UP) led by Conrad Maduro (which fielded six candidates), the newly formed Progressive People's Democratic Party (PPDP) led by former Chief Minister Willard Wheatley (which fielded five candidates), and the newly formed Independent People's Movement (IPM) which fielded only two candidates. The only candidate from a party other than the VIP to be elected was Omar Hodge of the IPM in the Sixth District (Omar Hodge was a former member of the VIP and would later rejoin that party). Independent candidates won in the Fourth and Fifth Districts, and the VIP won every other available seat.
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The supervisor of elections was Eugenie Todman-Smith.[2] The turnout was 69.4%. In the individual seats, turnout was highest in the 9th District (91.1%), a record for district turnout in the British Virgin Islands. The turnout was so high that the losing candidate in the 9th District (Allen O'Neal) actually secured more votes than the victorious candidate in every other district except for Lavity Stoutt in the 1st.
Results
The VIP led by Lavity Stoutt won an outright majority of 6 of the 9 available seats.[3]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Islands Party | 2,409 | 46.54 | 6 | +1 | |
| Independent People's Movement | 723 | 13.97 | 1 | New | |
| Progressive People's Democratic Party | 456 | 8.81 | 0 | New | |
| United Party | 416 | 8.04 | 0 | –2 | |
| Independents | 1,172 | 22.64 | 2 | 0 | |
| Speaker and Attorney General | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5,176 | 100.00 | 11 | ||
| Valid votes | 5,176 | 98.33 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 88 | 1.67 | |||
| Total votes | 5,264 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,447 | 70.69 | |||
By constituency
First Electoral District
| Candidate | Polling Divisions | Total | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jost Van Dyke | Carrot Bay | Zion Hill | |||
| H. Lavity STOUTT (VIP) | 68 | 226 | 226 | 520 | 85.8% |
| Rasuhuru (IND) | 2 | 8 | 46 | 56 | 9.2% |
| Iran HYNDMAN (IND) | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1.7% |
| Rejected | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 3.3% |
- Total number of registered voters: 1,109
- Total number of votes cast: 606
- Percentage of voters who voted: 55%
Second Electoral District
| Candidate | Polling Divisions | Total | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Garden Bay | Brewers Bay | New Bush | |||
| Prince STOUTT (VIP) | 116 | 58 | 25 | 199 | 55.4% |
| Conrad MADURO (UP) | 58 | 7 | 12 | 77 | 21.4% |
| Carl DAWSON (IND) | 8 | 38 | 11 | 57 | 15.9% |
| Malcia RYMER-HODGE (PPDP) | 8 | 38 | 11 | 18 | 15.9% |
| Elroy HENLEY (IND) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.7% |
| Rejected | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.6% |
- Total number of registered voters: 533
- Total number of votes cast: 359
- Percentage of voters who voted: 67.4%
Third Electoral District
| Candidate | Polling Divisions | Total | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyers | Sea Cows Bay | |||
| Oliver CILLS (VIP) | 59 | 284 | 343 | 63.5% |
| Ishmael BRATHWAITE (PPDP) | 37 | 100 | 137 | 25.4% |
| Earl FRASER (IND) | 6 | 33 | 39 | 7.2% |
| Edmund MADURO (UP) | 7 | 12 | 19 | 3.5% |
| Rejected | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.4% |
- Total number of registered voters: 836
- Total number of votes cast: 540
- Percentage of voters who voted: 64.6%
Fourth Electoral District
| Candidate | Polling Divisions | Total | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Island | Road Town | |||
| E. Walwyn BREWLEY (IND) | 0 | 235 | 235 | 36.7% |
| Elihu RYMER (VIP) | 0 | 124 | 124 | 19.4% |
| Inez TURNBULL (IND) | 0 | 108 | 108 | 16.9% |
| Merrit HERBERT (UP) | 1 | 68 | 69 | 10.8% |
| Basil BLAKE (PPDP) | 0 | 28 | 28 | 4.4% |
| Noel LLOYD (IND) | 0 | 28 | 28 | 4.4% |
| Ishmael SCATLIFFE (IND) | 0 | 28 | 28 | 4.4% |
| Donald deCASTRO (IND) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1.6% |
| Rejected | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1.6% |
- Total number of registered voters: 897
- Total number of votes cast: 640
- Percentage of voters who voted: 71.3%
- Spoiled ballots: 3
Fifth Electoral District
| Candidate | Polling Divisions | Total | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntums Ghut | Long Trench | |||
| Cyril ROMNEY (IND) | 226 | 75 | 301 | 46.5% |
| Eileene PARSONS (VIP) | 158 | 96 | 254 | 39.2% |
| Patsy LAKE (IND) | 28 | 6 | 34 | 5.2% |
| Harold VANTERPOOL (UP) | 10 | 14 | 24 | 3.7% |
| Ulric SCATLIFFE (IND) | 21 | 1 | 22 | 3.4% |
| Rejected | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2.0% |
- Total number of registered voters: 910
- Total number of votes cast: 648
- Percentage of voters who voted: 71%
- Spoiled ballots: 3
Sixth Electoral District
| Candidate | Polling Divisions | Total | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baughers Bay | Belle Vue | |||
| Omar HODGE (IPM) | 266 | 40 | 306 | 47.3% |
| Roy PICKERING (UP) | 161 | 9 | 170 | 26.3% |
| Charles MERCER (IND) | 116 | 25 | 141 | 21.8% |
| Stanford CONNOR (IND) | 19 | 1 | 20 | 3.1% |
| Rejected | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1.5% |
- Total number of registered voters: 929
- Total number of votes cast: 647
- Percentage of voters who voted: 69.6%
- Spoiled ballots: 2
Seventh Electoral District
| Candidate | Polling Divisions | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Look | |||
| Terrence LETTSOME (VIP) | 210 | 210 | 50.1% |
| Betteto FRETT (PPDP) | 134 | 134 | 32.0% |
| Collingston GEORGE (UP) | 57 | 57 | 13.6% |
| Medita WHEATLEY (IND) | 12 | 12 | 2.9% |
| Rejected | 6 | 6 | 1.4% |
- Total number of registered voters: 550
- Total number of votes cast: 419
- Percentage of voters who voted: 76.2%
Eighth Electoral District
| Candidate | Polling Divisions | Total | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East End | Hope Estate | |||
| Louis WALTERS (VIP) | 304 | 10 | 314 | 59.8% |
| Willard WHEATLEY (PPDM) | 134 | 5 | 139 | 26.5% |
| Alred FRETT (IND) | 59 | 6 | 65 | 12.4% |
| Rejected | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.3% |
- Total number of registered voters: 724
- Total number of votes cast: 525
- Percentage of voters who voted: 72.5%
Ninth Electoral District
| Candidate | Polling Divisions | Total | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Valley | North Sound | Anegada | |||
| Ralph T. O'NEAL (VIP) | 277 | 143 | 25 | 445 | 50.9% |
| Allen O'NEAL (IPM) | 278 | 65 | 74 | 417 | 47.7% |
| Rejected | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1.4% |
- Total number of registered voters: 959
- Total number of votes cast: 874
- Percentage of voters who voted: 91.1%
IPM = Independent People's Movement
PPDP = Progressive People's Democratic Party
UP = BVI United Party
VIP = Virgin Islands Party
Lavity's Stoutt's 85.8% share of the vote in the 1st District remains a record in the British Virgin Islands.
References
- "BVI election and information results 1950–2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014.
- "BVI election and information results 1950–2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014.
- "BVI election and information results 1950–2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. pp. 103–107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014.