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1938 Trinidad and Tobago general election

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1938 Trinidad and Tobago general election
← 1933 1938 (1938) 1946 →
7 seats in the Legislative Council
4 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
TLP
UP
Leader Arthur Andrew Cipriani Adrian Cola Rienzi
Party Trinidad Labour Party Unionist Party
Leader since 1934 1938?
Leader's seat Port of Spain Victoria County
Last election 3 seats New party
Seats won
3 / 7
2 / 7
Seat change Steady New party
Popular vote Unopposed 2,471

General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago in 1938.

Electoral system

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The Legislative Council had 12 official members (civil servants), six nominated members, seven elected members and the Governor, who served as the legislature's speaker. The seven elected members were elected from single-member constituencies.[1]

The franchise was limited to people who owned property in their constituency with a rateable value of $60 (or owned property elsewhere with a rateable value of $48) and tenants or lodgers who paid the same sums in rent. All voters were required to understand spoken English.[2] Anyone who had received poor relief within the most recent six months before election day was disqualified from voting.[1]

The restrictions on candidates were more severe, with candidature limited to men that lived in their constituency, were literate in English, and owned property worth at least $12,000 or from which they received at least $960 in rent a year. For candidates who had not lived in their constituency for at least a year, the property values were doubled.[2]

Results

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Constituency Candidate Affiliation Votes Notes
Caroni County Sarran Teelucksingh Independent Labour 574 Re-elected
Clarence Abidh Unionist Party 468
Eastern Counties Edward Vernon Wharton – Elected unopposed
Port of Spain Arthur Andrew Cipriani Trinidad Labour Party – Re-elected unopposed
Saint George County Michael Aldwyn Maillard Trinidad Labour Party – Re-elected unopposed
Saint Patrick County Timothy Roodal Trinidad Labour Party – Re-elected unopposed
Tobago George de Nobriga – Elected unopposed
Victoria County Adrian Cola Rienzi Unionist Party 2,003 Elected
Harold Piper Independent 547
Source: John,[3] Teelucksingh,[4] Wyllie[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b George John (1991) 50 Years of the Ballot, Trinidad Express Newspapers, p8
  2. ^ a b John, p7
  3. ^ John, p67
  4. ^ Jerome Teelucksingh (2014) Labour and the Decolonization Struggle in Trinidad and Tobago
  5. ^ George James Wyllie (1959) Political Parties in Trinidad and Tobago, p61
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