British Honduras general election, 1954

British Honduras general election, 1954

28 April 1954

All 9 seats in the British Honduras Legislative Assembly   First party Second party   PUP NP Leader Leigh Richardson (acting) W. H. Courtenay Party PUP NP Alliance PUP-GWU Leader since 1953 1951 Leader's seat candidate in Belize West (not a candidate) 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.^[1] The new constitution replaced the Legislative Council with a Legislative Assembly, which had nine elected members, three officials and three appointed members.^[1] 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.^[2]

Election results

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