1977 Falkland Islands general election
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The Falkland Islands general election of 1977 was held on Thursday 6 October 1977 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Six Councillors were elected through universal suffrage, one from each constituency.
The election took place just over a year after the last so that the changes to the Legislative Council under the new constitution could be implemented. The new constitution, which came into force under Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977,[1] abolished the remaining appointed members Councillors and increased the number of elected Councillors to six. The constitution also created three new constituencies (Camp, East Stanley and West Stanley) to add to the existing three (Stanley, East Falkland, West Falkland).
Results
[edit]Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in italic were incumbents.
Camp constituency
[edit]| Camp result[2] | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Nonpartisan | Timothy John Durose Miller 
|
163 | 42.7 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | William Robert Luxton | 159 | 41.6 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Alan David Cusworth | 60 | 15.7 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 382 | ||||
East Falkland constituency
[edit]| East Falkland[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Nonpartisan | Adrian Bertrand Monk
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Uncontested | N/A | N/A | |
East Stanley constituency
[edit]| East Stanley result[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Nonpartisan | William Henry
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Uncontested | N/A | N/A | |
Stanley constituency
[edit]| Stanley result[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Nonpartisan | William Edward Bowles
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156 | 37.3 | −2.9 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Edward Cheek | 109 | 26.1 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | David Anthony Ryan | 102 | 24.4 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Eddie Anderson | 51 | 12.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 418 | ||||
West Falkland constituency
[edit]| West Falkland[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Nonpartisan | Derek Stanley Evans
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99 | 55.3 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Lionel Geoffrey Blake | 42 | 23.5 | −34.6 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alan David Cusworth | 38 | 21.2 | −20.7 | |
| Turnout | 179 | ||||
West Stanley constituency
[edit]| West Stanley result[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Nonpartisan | Stuart Barrett Wallace
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89 | 44.9 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | John Edward Cheek | 60 | 30.3 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | David Anthony Ryan | 49 | 24.7 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 198 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ The Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1977, retrieved 3 May 2014
- ^ a b c d e f "FI Gazette Vol LXXXVI No.14". Jane Cameron National Archives. 1977.
