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General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago in early 1933.
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| Trinidad and Tobagoportal |
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago in early 1933.
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]
Candidates of the Trinidad Workingmens' Association won three of the seven seats. [3]
| Constituency | Electorate | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Notes |
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| Caroni County | 2,384 | Sarran Teelucksingh | Independent Socialist | 701 | Re-elected |
| E.A. Robinson | Independent | 645 | |||
| Eastern Counties | 2,828 | Charles Henry Pierre | Independent | – | Re-elected unopposed |
| Port of Spain | 8,835 | Arthur Andrew Cipriani | Trinidad Workingmens' Association | – | Re-elected unopposed |
| Saint George County | 3,651 | Michael Aldwyn Maillard | Trinidad Workingmens' Association | 750 | Elected |
| A.C.B. Singh | Independent Socialist | 159 | |||
| Saint Patrick County | 3,031 | Timothy Roodal | Trinidad Workingmens' Association | – | Re-elected unopposed |
| Tobago | 1,657 | Isaac Hope | Independent | 346 | Elected |
| J. King | Independent | 117 | |||
| Victoria County | 3,436 | Thomas Meade Kelshall | Independent | 791 | Re-elected |
| Harold Mahabir | Trinidad Workingmens' Association | 764 | |||
| Harold Piper | Independent Socialist | 517 | |||
| Source: John, Teelucksingh | |||||
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